Social boycott slur village committee in Dhenkanal

DHENKANAL:The family members of an additional Superintendent of police in village Oukhama under Sadar police station in Dhenkanal district have alleged social boycott by the villagers for the last one year over a civil dispute.

But the village committee headman denied any boycott of the police officer’s family saying that rather they are living in fear.

The village Oukhama happens to be the native village of additional SP Niranjan Behera who has recently been promoted and posted in Baleswar district.

Reports said,there was a decision by the villagers to leave some portion of their land for the road which was obeyed by all the people of the village.But the behera’s family which has advanced their possession upto 5 feets of land had backed up to 2feet of the land.But the villagers demanded that the family should cede that portion of the land for the village road which was not agreed by police officer’s family.This had resulted in confrontation between village committee and the police officer’s family.

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