Paradip: Tensions rose in the seaport town after farmers engaged in a scuffle with cops following the farmers’ attempts to get in to the IOCL Paradip Refinery.
Reportedly, thousands of landless farmers and their family members have been carrying a protest in front of the refinery, demanding permanent jobs.
Police on Sunday, detained more than a hundred agitators to avoid any law and order situation.
The activists under the banner of Jamihara Krushak Ekta Manch protested the detention and attempted to barge into the refinery.
More details are awaited.
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