Koraput on the boil ;Statesman News Service
KORAPUT, 7 SEPT: Parts of Koraput district continued to be on the boil today. An activist of the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CAMS), Bandhugaon faction succumbed to his injuries sustained in the clash yesterday. The CMAS Narayanpatna faction is now planning to stage a protest rally.
In fact senior officers of the district including the district collector Mr Gadadhar Parida who initiated peace talks with the warring factions of CMAS today found themselves in a embarrassing situation at Laxmipur, when villagers blocked the road demanding that officers to remain in Narayanpatna till tomorrow in view of the protest rally.
Official sources confirmed that an activist of the CMAS, Bandhgaon faction is died. The victim has been identified as Suresh, said official sources adding that they were yet to get his full name. He was one of those injured in yesterdays violent clash between the two CMAS factions, added these sources.
The volatility of the situation in both Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon blocks prompted the district collector to rush to these areas and discuss with leaders of CMAS factions.
People came out in hundreds and blocked the state highway at Laxmipur to stop the district collector while he was on his way back to Koraput. They wanted the collector and the SP to camp at Laxmipur in view of the proposed CMAS rally. "We have decided to oppose the rally and hence there is apprehension of breach of peace," a leader told the district officers while blocking the road and virtually detaining the collector.
It may be noted here that Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon blocks of Koraput district have become no-man's land since January this year with the CMAS calling the shots, indulging in violence at will and forcibly occupying as well as cultivating land belonging to non-tribals. Thousands of non-tribals have been rendered homeless and have fled the villages.
The state and the district administration has now grip or control over these two blocks , said angry villagers while voicing their protests at Laxmipur.
The thousands who are victims of CMAS atrocities decried the non-existence of the government. "Since three months we are refugees in our own state and the government does not have the guts to restore our land and home to us," said a victim. |
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