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Shutdown
in Ratnagiri to protest killing, some violence
Tuesday April 19, 2011 02:46:30 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
Stray incidents of violence were reported Tuesday from Maharashtra's
Ratnagiri district where the Shiv Sena called a shutdown to protest
the police firing in which one person was killed while opposing the
9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project, police said.
Some Sena activists pelted stones, shattered the glass of public
transport buses and blocked the Ratnagiri-Kolhapur highway by
dumping burning tyres on it, police said. In some places, they also
deflated tyres of buses and trucks that were attempting to ply.
Konkan Bachao Samiti chief Vaishali Patil said the shutdown was
"total and spontaneous".
The entire district -- including tourist hotspots like Chiplun,
Kelshi, Dapoli and the district headquarter Ratnagiri, besides small
villages like Nate, Madhban and Jaitapur as well as the picturesque
beaches dotting the coastal district -- wore a deserted look and all
shops and establishments remained shut Tuesday.
Police have deployed tight security all over the district and top
civil and police officials were present to oversee the arrangements
in most places.
In a statement, Konkan Bachao Samiti and Jan Hit Seva Samiti
strongly condemned Monday's police firing in Sakhri-Nate village,
which led to the death of 30-year-old fisherman Tabrez Pehekar and
serious bullet injuries to many others.
"Police opened fire on the protestors without any forewarning. From
the injuries sustained by the deceased and the others, it is clear
that police did not fire in the air as a warning, but instead
directly opened fire into the crowd with the objective of ruthlessly
crushing the democratic protest of the local people," Patil told
IANS.
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