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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA activist killed in Latehar

MGNREGA activist killed in Latehar

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published Published on Mar 3, 2011   modified Modified on Mar 3, 2011

An activist working for the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme was killed after being mercilessly beaten by a group of 12 suspected Maoists at Jerua village in Latehar district.

The activist, Niyamat Ansari, who was stated to be a close aide of noted economist Jean Dreze, died last night after Maoists beat him up with lathis, police sources alleged.

A group dragged him out of his residence at 7 p.m. and started beating him up mercilessly. He was admitted to a local hospital where he died at 10 p.m., the sources said.

They also searched for another activist, Bhukhan Singh, in the village but could not find him.

Ansari was active in Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in Latehar’s Maneka block and was coordinating Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) activities, the sources said.

The police sources also claimed that the Maoists had pasted posters warning Ansari and Singh not to ‘exploit forest land or face consequences’ on July 7, 2010.

Three years ago, another MGNREGA activist, who worked with Dr. Dreze, had been killed by unidentified persons in neighbouring Palamau district, which triggered widespread protests by several people, including Dr. Dreze.

The Hindu, 3 March, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1505888.ece?homepage=true


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