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They also alleged MRPL had not obtained permission from the pollution control board.The villagers threatened to stage an indefinite hunger strike seeking justice. They also demanded the ouster of government officials who were conniving with the petrochemicals refinery. The villagers claimed that MRPL’s version had been accepted. Mangaluru: Villagers displaced because of the MRPL expansion project on Tuesday gheraod minister UT Khader and demanded that he take stern action against the land acquisition officer.Villagers from Kuthethoor and Permude informed the minister for urban development and housing that the DC and Mangaluru tahsildar had been shielding officials from KIADB even after submitting relevant documents pertaining to the “fraud”.The villagers alleged though the land in Permude, Kuthethoor and neighbouring villages was fertile enough to cultivate three varieties of crops a year, MRPL has submitted a false certificate to the government, saying the land was barren..