By Subhashish Mohanty
Around 40 people on Friday staged a protest in Bhubaneswar against the alleged attacks on minorities by Hindutva outfits.
The protest took place when President Droupadi Murmu was in the city to attend the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas conclave.
Around 40 people on Friday staged a protest in Bhubaneswar against the alleged attacks on minorities by Hindutva outfits.
The protest took place when President Droupadi Murmu was in the city to attend the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas conclave.
The protesters said that the minorities in Odisha were at the receiving end of the atrocities being perpetrated by Hindutva outfits with total impunity. They alleged that the BJP government of the state had failed to act against the accused.
Sukanti Singh, a resident of Balasore, said that she was tied to a tree along with another woman and was assaulted by a group, who accused them of indulging in conversions.
The incident took place on December 26. Sukanti, a Hindu, had accompanied Subhasini Singh, a converted Christian, to Mukhura village in Balasore under Remuna police station, where they were attacked by a Hindutva group.
The face of Subhasini Singh was disfigured. She said: “I survived by sheer luck. We were rescued by the police.”
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