The row between the CISF personnel and slum dwellers of Sandhakuda here is getting murkier with the latter demanding arrest of the CISF men who were involved in assaulting the slum residents and molesting their girls and women during a clash on August 3 last.
While three CISF personnel were injured during the confrontation, three slum dwellers were arrested by the Paradip police for allegedly spurring violence.
In a Press meet held at the Rameswar temple, the slum dwellers alleged that after the CISF complex got shifted to Sandhakuda, its jawans have been indulged in several nefarious activities, including harassing the locals and eve teasing the girls and women. Many a time, the matter was brought to the notice of the district and PPT administrations but in vain. Expressing their resentment over the inaction of the authorities, the slum dwellers warned to start a hunger strike in front of the Jagatsinghpur Collectorate and PPT administrative building and block the main entrance road to Paradip near Atharabanki.
Among others, municipality ward (18) councilor Akhaya Parida, K Jagannath, Prafull Parija, Ganesh Behera and Panchanan Behera were present.