Police try to stop the villagers from entering LG Polymers plant at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam.
| Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak
Over 100 villagers carrying four dead bodies protested demanding the shifting of the company
Tension prevailed in front of the main gate of LG Polymers in RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam, as villagers carrying four dead bodies, who died due to the leakage of styrene monomer gas, staged a protest, demanding the shifting of the company, here on Saturday.
The incident took place when DGP of Andhra Pradesh D. Goutam Sawang, was visiting the accident site.
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Over 100 villagers carrying four dead bodies staged a protest demanding that the company has to be shifted, as they now have to live with an ever present danger.
The police had to resort to a mild lathi charge to mitigate the situation. But they left only after Commissioner of Police Rajeev Kumar Meena intervened and assured them to look into their grievances.
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It may be recollected that in the wee hours of Thursday, at around