MALKANGIRI: Supporters and
workers of the Congress party observed bandh in Malkangiri on Monday protesting
police interference to prevent people to attend party’s rally here on Sunday
and demanding handover of youths who went missing while they were in police
custody to their respective families.
Hundreds of people led by the
District Congress Committee members organised picketing at different places of
the district. Due to the bandh, bus services and other communications have been
affected. Shops and business establishments were also closed.
The agitators were roaming around
the town flaunting placards and shouting slogans against the State Government
and the police. The bandh was peaceful, sources said.
According to Nabarangpur Congress
MP Pradip Majhi, they called the bandh to protest the State Government’s
anti-tribal attitude and heinous killing of four missing tribals.
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