Three POSCO Activists Killed In A Bomb Explosion.
Police says the victims were making Bombs.
Police hasn’t reached the spot as yet.

Hillele just heard from POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti.

They told us-

 ‘Today i.e. on the 2nd March 2012, at around 6 .30 PM, the POSCO company
and state-sponsored goons threw bombs on our villagers at Patana
village, Dhinkia , Jagatsinghpur.  As a result, Manas Jena Age 32
died on the spot. The rest two Nabanu Mandal 35 and Narahari Sahoo
52  died after half an hour waiting for ambulance.  Mr. Laxman
Paramanik  is critically injured. We have informed the police for
ambulance once the incident happened. But the police didn’t respond’.

Jagatsinghpur SP Satyabrata Bhoi said, “We have information regarding death of two persons while making bombs behind the house of one Sura Das in Patana village.” The SP, however, said that he was yet to ascertain names of the victims. The police had not managed to reach the location till then. Patana is considered the stronghold of the anti-Posco agitators. Local people have opposed the entry of police in that area.

Denying preparation of bombs by anti-Posco agitators as claimed by police, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) president Abhay Sahy said, “Our men are killed in the attack by project supporters. Our people were attacked as they opposed construction of a road from Patana to Balitutha.”

CPI leader Rama Krushna Panda said three PPSS activists were killed and another sustained injury when the POSCO project supporters hurled bomb at the activists.

“We have already informed the police about the incident and sought ambulance to carry the injured persons to hospital. But, ambulance was yet to reach the village,” Panda alleged.