Monday, April 29, 2013

ACTIVIST HURT IN COP ASSAULT AT SUKTEL SITE Tuesday, 30 April 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar


ACTIVIST HURT IN COP ASSAULT AT SUKTEL SITE
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar.
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4Social activist and documentary filmmaker Amitabh Patra was assaulted by the police while he was covering the villagers’ protests against the Lower Suktel Irrigation Project at the dam construction site in Balangir district on Monday when the project construction work entered 21st day.
The project area turned into a battleground with the police assaulting several people, including Patra who also works for a private TV channel.
Speaking to this correspondent at the hospital here, Patra said, “To disperse the people opposing the project, the police made a lathi-charge. The police were assaulting a girl brutally before me and I was covering the incident. Hence, the police targeted and brutally assaulted me. I do not know the fate of my camera and mobile phone and other items of my TV channel. The incident took place before the SDPO and the Sub-Collector which is unfortunate in a democracy.”
Patra sustained injuries on his head, nose, back and leg and has been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital here.
On the other hand, Balangir SP R Praksh told this correspondent, “Amitabha  Patra was staying in the area since last two days and  instigating the people. More than 300 people were present with deadly weapons. They were warned by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate to disperse peacefully. Lenin Mohanty and Amitabh Patra instigated the agitators to indulge in violence and forcibly entered the dam site. In that skirmish between the police and the agitators, Amitabh Patra got injured and was sent for medical examination.”
Sixteen persons were arrested from the spot. They would be medically examined before being forwarded to court, the SP added.
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