Members of the Campaign against Fabricated Cases, Odisha led by its convenor Narendra Mohanty on Saturday staged a demonstration at the Southern Division RDC office here demanding justice for the families of people of minority group who ‘have been killed in police firings’ in Kandhamal district at different times.
They raised three incidents of Kandhamal district on this occasion, alleged Bhaliaguda fake encounter in November 2012, arrest of seven tribal and Dalit people in laxmanananda Saraswati murder case in August 2008, who have been awarded with life imprisonment, and killing of a couple of Pangalpadar in the Kotagada area on July 26, 2015.
Alleging that five tribal and Dalit youths died in police firing at Bhaliaguda on the border of Kandhamal district, the activists demanded a CBI inquiry into this incident and compensation of `10 lakh for each deceased’s family.
Regarding the second incident, they mentioned four Adivasi Christians and three Dalit Christians have been facing life imprisonment after being falsely charged by the police. The Campaign activists demanded an reinvestigation into the whole incident.
Regarding Kotagada incident, they alleged that a couple was killed by SOG personnel by terming them as Maoist informers. In this case, the activists, they demanded an FIR be lodged against ‘killer’ security personnel, compensation of `50 lakh to the couple’s family and a permanent Government job to their sons.
The campaign too submitted a memorandum in this regard to the Governor through the RDC.