Odisha Doctor Arrested Over Bauxite Mining Protest Support
A doctor serving Odisha's tribal heartland was arrested for allegedly supporting resistance to bauxite mining. His name and those of other activists did not appear in the first information report, and police arrested them under a category of unnamed 'others'.
Context
Context: Bauxite is the ore used to make aluminium, and mining in parts of Odisha has long been contested by tribal communities over land and the environment. An FIR is the first police record of a complaint, so who is named in it matters for accountability.
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