Maoists call for bandh on Nov 23 to protest civilian killings
Maoists have called for a shutdown in three blocks of Odisha’s Kalahandi district on November 23 in protest against the police encounter in Karlapat forest on Sunday in which three villagers were killed and two minors were critically injured. The bandh call was given by Umakant, secretary of Bansadhara-Ghumusar-Nagabali committee of the CPI (Maoist) in an audio clip released to the media. Umakant in the audio clip has claimed that there was no exchange of fire from the Maoist side in the Karlapat forest as claimed by the police. He said police had fired at villagers to create panic among the public. The Maoist leader has demanded Rs 10 lakh as assistance to next of kin of the deceased villagers.
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