CPI activists on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the district Collector’s office here, protesting against police excess and firing on Sunday last at Namatara village under Rajkanika police station limits.
They demanded a judiciary inquiry into the incident, free medical treatment and compensation to the injured, action against the accused officials and closedown of all liquor shops functioning in the district, among others. They submitted a memorandum to ADM Sasadhar Nayak for the Governor.
Meanwhile, normalcy was slowly limping back at Namatara village even as the sense of panic was yet to go off.Kendrapara SP Satish Kumar Gajabhiye stated that two platoons of police personnel apart from one section of lady police were deployed at the spot to maintain law and order.
According to district Collector Pramod Kumar Das, some injured, who sustained minor injuries and were undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital, were scheduled to return to the village after being discharged from hospital from Thursday.