The State has been continuously suppressing and killing the innocent tribals, Dalits and the marginalised raising their voice and fight against the State agenda of “destruction in the name of development. The murder of five innocent lives in Kandhamal is a proof of it, alleged a joint fact finding team who visited Kandhamal to take stock of the situation.
Campaign Against Fabricated Cases (CAFC) and Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF) State Convener Narendra Mohanty, State Spokesperson of CPI (Ml)- New Democracy Bhalachandra Sarangi, member of All India Peoples Forum (AIPF) Mahendra Parida and former president of Ravenshaw College student union Tapan Mishra were part of the fact finding team.
The team severely condemned the criminal act of State Government and Kandhamal police and demanded constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and a judicial inquiry to the incidents under the supervision of Supreme Court, immediate suspension of Superintendent of Police, Kandhamal and all police officials involved in fake encounter cases and cases against them for murder, Rs50 lakh compensation to each deceased family, withdrawal of all paramilitary and security forces who are terrorizing and doing repression of common people in the name of Maoists.