Posco Land acquisition halted for the day, police withdrawn
PTI : Paradip, Wed Feb 06 2013, 16:24 hrs
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The children went in a procession shouting anti-government and anti-Posco slogans from Patana village to Gobindpur-Mangala Chhak, where about 300 police personnel were camping since Sunday.
Besides the children, a large number of women also joined the protests.
"We are ready to sacrifice our lives for protection of our land and homes," PPSS women's wing chief Manorama Khatua said.
Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi directly accused the PPSS president of instigating the villagers.
"The police have been maintaining maximum restraint and not responding to provocation from protestors. There is absolutely no violence."
The police also accused the PPSS of using the schoolchildren as a human shield
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