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STAFF WRITER 20:24 HRS IST

Rourkela (Orissa) Nov 6 (PTI) Villagers today began an indefinite blockade of a national highway at Silipunji near here demanding release of 30 people, who were arrested for allegedly having links with Maoists.

About 500 villagers of Chandiposh, Mundatola and Silipunji under Bonai sub-division of Sundargarh district, led by Birmitrapur MLA George Tirkey, sat on a dharna about 30 km from here claiming that the police had arrested innocent villagers branding them as Maoists.

They blocked NH-23 linking Rourkela and Bhubaneswar via Talcher by felling trees leaving hundreds of vehicles, mostly trucks, stranded.

The villagers also blocked the Rourkela-Barsuan rail line used for transporting raw material to Rourkela Steel Plant from the mining areas.

Thirty people from three villages were arrested on August 27 on charges of having links with the Maoists, who had abducted Ajit Bardhan, sub-inspector of Koida police station, on July 16.

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