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Two Odisha Ministers connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) visited violence-hit Malkangiri territory and reviewed the situation, portion the medication has extended the suspension of net services by different 12 hours.
Deputy Chief Minister K.V. Singh Deo and MSME Minister Gokulananda Mallick reached the territory office municipality of Malkangiri and chaired a gathering with elder officials, including the Collector, ADGP (Naxal operation), DIG (Southern Range), SP, connected the prevailing concern astatine MV-26 village.
“The Deputy Chief Minister was informed successful the gathering that nary unit has been reported successful MV-26 colony successful the past 60 hours,” an authoritative said.
The clash erupted astatine MV-26 colony erstwhile a tribal mob belonging to neighbouring Rakhelguda colony allegedly attacked the Bengali colony country connected Sunday and Monday (December 7 and 8, 2025).
The tribals were aggravated implicit the recovery of the headless assemblage of a tribal woman from the slope of the stream Poteru connected December 4. They suspected that a antheral from MV-26 colony killed the woman, whose severed caput was besides recovered astatine a region of 15 km connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025).
A Home Department notification connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) said: "As per the petition of Collector and District Magistrate, the Home Department extends prohibition of the usage and entree of societal media platforms specified arsenic WhatsApp, Facebook, X and immoderate different done net and different mean of information services for different 12 hours till 12 midnight of contiguous (11.12.2025) successful Malkangiri district."
Mr. Singh Deo besides met representatives of Malkangiri Bengali Samaj (MBS) and District Adivasi Samaj Mahasangh astatine the Collector's bureau successful Malkangiri and heard their grievances. Both groups person submitted memorandum to the Deputy Chief Minister and apprised of their demands portion agreeing to cooperate successful the restoration of bid successful the district.
Speaking aft the meeting, Mr. Singh Deo stressed maintaining peace. He directed the medication to guarantee instrumentality and bid successful the territory and forestall further escalation of violence.
In its petition, the Malkangiri Bengali Samaj has expressed interest implicit the information of the Bengali settlers who person been staying successful the tribal dominated territory for 60 years aft being rehabilitated by the Central Government successful the 1960s.
While demanding a high-level enquiry implicit the unit astatine MV-26 and Rakhalguda execution lawsuit and apprehension of the culprits, the MBS alleged that attacks connected them were made by immoderate influential people. “During the riot, each location and household was attacked,” they said.
"The radical were saved arsenic they fled from the scene, but their houses were destroyed and torched by the mob. All the houses were burned to ashes. After the attack, the mode houses were damaged and burnt, immoderate grounds was recovered of the usage of dynamite and gelatin. We cannot contradict the engagement of Maoist ultras down specified an attack," said MBS president Gouranga Karmakar.
The MBS demanded that the authorities supply seeds, fertilizers and each indispensable things to cultivate for the upcoming play escaped of cost, arsenic the radical person mislaid everything successful the violence.
Tribals, connected the different hand, claimed that their lands are being forcibly encroached by non-tribals, and Malkangiri witnessed a emergence successful transgression owing to the influx of infiltrators betwixt 1970 and 1980. The Bangladeshi infiltrators should beryllium instantly evicted from Malkangiri.
The District Adivasi Samaj Mahasangh, Malkangiri, successful its petition to the Deputy Chief Minister, alleged that non-tribals are fraudulently purchasing tribal lands and encroaching upon assemblage land. The tribals are astatine the receiving extremity owing to the non-implementation of antithetic laws, including the PESA (Panchayat Extension to Schedule Area) Act.
They demanded that the household of the deceased tribal pistillate beryllium fixed onshore rights implicit which she was eking retired a surviving by cultivation. "She was killed implicit the onshore dispute, and her household should beryllium fixed rights implicit that portion of land," the tribals said.
The constabulary person arrested 1 42-year-old antheral from MV-26 colony who allegedly killed the tribal pistillate implicit a quality connected sharecropping.
Meanwhile, much than 300 radical of MV-26 person returned to their houses aft hostility eased to immoderate extent. The medication has deployed a ample contingent of BSF jawans and Odisha Armed Police Force unit successful the area.
The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) constituted a fact-finding squad pursuing instructions from enactment president Naveen Patnaik to sojourn Malkangiri territory to measure the situation.
"The squad has been entrusted with the work of visiting the affected areas, assessing the crushed situation, and submitting a elaborate study to the enactment president," a BJD merchandise said.
