Women of Sankulei village under the Dhankanal Sadar police station on Wednesday alleged before the district Collector through a memorandum that two of their villagers, Gopal Behera and Susei Behera, are selling alcoholic products illegally despite repeated objections and sought his intervention. The women under the banner of Raghunathjew Sankulei Mahila Samiti submitted the memorandum to the Collector through Superintendent of Excise Subash Chandra Pradhan.
The memorandum signed by Samiti legal advisor Er Debashisha Hota informed that Gopal and Susei beat up some Samiti workers on January 7 when the former were trying to convince them to stop illegal liquor trade in the village. The women were led by Bimala Pradhan and Radhika Pradhan.
The women then lodged an FIR at the Sadar police station against the duo. But the police are yet to take any action. Informing that there is a reported proposal to instal a country liquor manufacturing unit at Sarupasi near their village, the Samiti urged the Collector to stop liquor selling and the proposed unit and arrest Gopal and Susei soon for selling liquors and attacking women.