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Protestors clash with police near proposed JSW plant site in Odisha, several injured

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The proposed plant site of JSW Steel in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Friday turned into a battlefield as villagers clashed with the police over demolition of betel vines. Villagers claimed at least 40 protestors, including children and elderly people, were injured as the police baton-charged them, while an official said the personnel of the force were also attacked leading to injury to five of them.