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Article

31 May 2009

Author:
Alok Kumar Gupta, Down to Earth [India]

Four murders and a power plant [India]

Investigations into the murder of four security guards at a proposed power plant in Jharkhand are revealing uncomfortable truths about industrialization in the state. The company that wants to buy land in Chakla village of Latehar district called the guards martyrs and held Maoist rebels responsible for the murders. Sources in the police intelligence said the reason for the killings could be entirely different: the company may have been using a renegade Maoist faction to coerce the villagers to sell their land...The company’s [Abhijeet Group] project manager Rajeev Goyal denied having links with Maoists or any gang. [also refers to Essar]