ODISHA: 10 chopped hands, suspected to be of tribals killed in 2006 police firing, were found in Kalinga Nagar area, following which tension gripped in Odisha’s Jajpur area on Sunday.
In January 2006, the tribals were killed during a protest against land acquisition for a steel plant in Kalinga Nagar. At least 13 tribals were killed during the police firing.
Jajpur Superintendent of Police CS Meena said, “Police had found five pairs of chapped hands, which were preserved in a medical box in a club near the site. Some miscreants broke the club’s window and entered it. They took away the box containing the chopped hands and dumped them in the area.”
He further added that no formal complaint has been lodged in this regard, and heavy police force has been deployed in the area to maintain strict monitoring.
The police said that the doctors conducting a post-mortem of the bodies had to cut the hands of five victims to obtain their fingerprints as they could not be identified.
The chopped hands were given to the deceased tribals’ family members a couple of years ago, but they refused to accept them and demanded a DNA test.