6 killed as tribals clash with police in E. India
 
   At least six persons, including a policeman, were killed and four critically injured in a clash between tribals and policemen Monday at the Tata Steel Company in Kalinganagar of Jajpur district, Orissa in east India.

    The tribals clashed with the police over the construction of a boundary wall in the Kalinga Nagar industrial complex, according to Indo-Asian News Service.

    Armed with bows and arrows, about 500 tribals rushed to the site of the Tata Steel Company. While the construction work was in full swing and about 150 policemen guarded the site, the irate tribals first attacked the policemen and killed a havildar, a senior district police official said, adding, the incident occurred at about 11 am.

    Five unidentified tribals died when the policemen opened fire in self-defense.

    The five tribals and policemen died on the spot. Several people from both sides have sustained injuries.

    The situation is tense and about 300 policemen have been deployed at the site to prevent the situation from deteriorating, the official said.

    At least 20 persons including the district deputy superintendent of police and a magistrate sustained injuries in two different clashes between the police and tribals when the company was trying to undertake some civil works in the same complex on October 7 and May 9 last year.
 

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