Old warrants, new arrests

More than a decade after tribal communities in Odisha’s Narayanpatna block launched a movement against liquor vendors from outside their community which led to a struggle to reclaim their lost land, arrest warrants are now being effected against them. Prompted by a court order and executed by the police, people say they are being ‘punished’ for a mass uprising while the police claim people have Naxal links under the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha, reports Satyasundar Barik

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