Firing

2 Jan 2006

In power

BJD — Odisha

Acted

Police, Odisha

Police opened fire on the crowd. A police havildar, Gopa Prasad Mohanty, was killed; police said he was hacked to death and that they fired in self-defence. The death toll is contested: the first police count was six tribals and one policeman, the state government's report to the Centre gave 12 agitators and one havildar killed (three of them in hospital), Amnesty International records 12 Adivasis including three women and a 12-year-old boy plus one policeman, PTI's report on the Mohanty commission gives 13 killed and 27 injured, and later reports by PTI and Down To Earth give 14 villagers. [6][7][4][5][8][1][9][2][10][11][3]

• six tribals and one policeman killed (initial count), said police [6]
• toll did not exceed nine killed (initial count), said Jajpur SP Binaytosh Mishra [3]
• 13 (12 agitators and one police havildar), three of them while undergoing treatment killed, said Union Home Minister, citing the Orissa government's report [8]
• 12 tribals and one policeman killed, said The Hindu (Prafulla Das) [7]
• 12 Adivasis, including three women and a 12-year-old boy, and one policeman killed, said Amnesty International [1]
• 13 persons, and one police constable killed, said PTI, reporting the Mohanty commission report [9]
• 14 (12 on the spot, two of the injured later) villagers killed, said PTI, 2025 anniversary report [2]
• 14, including three women villagers killed, said Down To Earth (Ashis Senapati) [10]
• around 40 tribals and police personnel seriously injured injured, said The Hindu (Prafulla Das), 2 January [6]
• 27 injured, said PTI, reporting the Mohanty commission report [9]
• 37 villagers and four policemen injured, said Hindustan Times [11]
• 60 injured by bullets, said PTI, 2025 anniversary report [2]

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