Tear gas

2 Jan 2006

In power

BJD — Odisha

Acted

Police, Odisha

About 12 platoons of armed police were deployed at the site where contractors began building a boundary wall for Tata Steel. Police burst tear gas shells and, by the commission of inquiry's account, also fired stinger and stun shells, rubber bullets and shots in the air before live firing. Police said the crowd threw stones and bricks and shot arrows; some injured villagers said they retaliated only after police fired, and the PUDR said a four-member delegation of villagers had gone to meet the Collector and SP when the attack began. [4][5][6][1][2][3]

• 12 platoons (over 500 armed personnel) armed police platoons at the site, said Mohanty commission report, as reported by NewsClick [6]
• around 700 policemen armed police at the site, said villagers and citizen groups, as reported by Down To Earth [2]

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