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Two killed near Vedanta's Lanjigarh unit on protests over rehab, jobs

Clash erupts after agitators protest near project site; Both OISF personnel and protesters sustain injuries; one from each side succumbs

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BS Reporter Bhubaneswar
Two people were killed when agitators gathered near Vedanta Ltd's project office at Lanjigarh, demanding proper rehabilitation and jobs.

The protesters estimated at few hundreds, belonged to the displaced families whose lands have been ceded to accommodate expansion of the red mud pond of Vedanta's refinery.
  
Their demands were long standing and they had been pressing for its early fulfillment. However, the authorities were unable to take any action due to promulgation of pre-poll code of conduct. Today, when the agitators gathered at the plant site, the personnel of Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) tried to disperse them which

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