Bastar. Mangal Kunjam, actor of Bollywood’s famous film ‘Newton’, based on Bastar elections, has been fatally attacked. He has been thrashed in a Naxal-affected village in Dantewada. Somehow he escaped from there and saved his life. The case is of Kirandul police station area.
Talking to media persons the actor told that 2 days ago he had gone to Tikanpal, an interior village in Dantewada district, with a friend. His friend Mittal has taken the contract to get the company’s waste dust (soil) dumped outside. This dust was being dumped in Tikanpal village with the consent of the villagers. They were using it to build roads and fill potholes. When we went to the village to see the work, suddenly some people attacked them. “We were mercilessly beaten with sticks. However, in the meanwhile we somehow saved our lives and came out from there immediately”, said the actor.