Brutal attacks by police on the villagers of Dhinkia in Odisha https://www.groundxero.in/2021/12/13/brutal-attacks-by-police-on-the-villagers-of-dhinkia-in-odisha/ December 13, 2021
Villagers are opposing the setting up of a 13.2 million tonne per annum(MPTA) capacity integrated steel project by JSW Utkal Steel Limited by Sajjan Jindal on land previously acquired for the South Korean steel major POSCO. A 900-MW captive power plant and a 10 MPTA cement unit are also proposed to be set up near the villages of Dhinkia, Govindpur, Nuagaon, Bayanala Kanda, Polanga and Jatadhar in Jagatsinghpur district. While the Odisha State administration was continuously warning people to stay indoors to remain safe from the impending cyclonic storm, the Jagatsinghpur district police entered the village Dhinkia under Erasama Block to arrest some people around 4.30 a.m. on 4th December, 2021. People resisted the police attack and a bloody fight ensued.
Back Story: Defiant in Dhinkia https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/ZX8B0CCM7qpTDYbCTfSpBO/Photo-Essay--Defiant-in-Dhinkia.html 05 Apr 2013
Farmers resisting India's biggest Foreign Direct Investment deal pay a heavy price for their stance
Probe into police atrocity on Dhinkia villagers begins https://www.dailypioneer.com/2014/state-editions/probe-into-police-atrocity-on-dhinkia-villagers-begins.html
Wednesday, 23 April 2014 As per the direction of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Additional Superintendent of Police, Cuttack, Krushna Prasad Samal on Tuesday visited Dhinkia village at the proposed Posco project site and started investigation into the alleged brutal police attack on Dhinkia villagers on June 28 and June 29 last year.
Brutalities cannot be forgotten July 5, 2011 by Deba Ranjan http://sanhati.com/articles/3854/ The Orissa government has a history of police firing, brutality and torture. The assault intensifies if people come in the way of the interest of corporates. Anti-Posco, anti-Tata, anti-Vedanta and anti-Aditya Birla resistances in different parts of Orissa are examples. So, we are in a police state in the post-economic reform-Orissa. The State’s behaviour with Dhinkia and Govindpur villagers is another example of the same attitude.
Anti-POSCO group attacked, police cordon villages 31 December 2007 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/antiposco-group-attacked-police-cordon-villages-7108 Protests in Orissa against POS (Credit: REUTERS)the three villages in Orissa that face displacement due to posco's plans to set up a steel plant and a captive port, were cordoned off by the police recently. The situation took a violent turn when "pro- posco" groups attacked "anti- posco " groups on November 29.