Irate villagers on Thursday locked the main gate of the Bhushan Steel plant at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district after the plant’s security personnel opened fire injuring three children, two of them seriously, while they were bathing in a nullah close to the plant premises.
The injured were identified as Manoj Naik and laxmidhar Naik. While one was admitted to a private nursing home, the other was shifted to the Government hospital at Angul.
Villagers rushed to the place and locked up the main gate of the plant and staged a blockade. Tension prevailed at the site for quite some time as the protesters demanded action against the culprits and compensation to the firing victims.
Normalcy was restored after police arrived on the scene and took three security personnel, including the one who allegedly opened fire, into custody.The police questioned the security personnel to ascertain the circumstances in which the firing took place.There has been no official word on the incident from Bhushan Steel limited.