BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Dalit Adhikar Manch (ODAM), who came forward to fight for justice for the victims of cracker explosion at Kujang, requested National Commission for Schedule Castes (NCSC) to interfere in the case.
A team of human rights activists consisting of Simanchala Nayak, Kalandi Mallik, Prashant Mallik and Rajkishore Nayak of ODAM have collected information by visiting the families of the victim Bharat Patra (20) and Pituna Patra (17) on November 22. They also met some Government officials to collect the necessary information on the matter.
They claimed that the victims of the cracker explosion incident were of ‘Dom’ community of Schedule Caste category, who are daily labourers and landless poor. “For adequate compensation, along with proper settlement, and a high level inquiry into the incident we want the NCSC’s intervention”, they added.
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