The four comrades included Comrade Dadhichi Roy (Patelji), Vikas and Naveen and another comrade. Comrade Dadhichi Roy was recently taken into the Bihar-Jharkhand Joint state committee. The SP of Palamau, Anil Palta had planned this encounter. Anil Palta is also responsible for the Guljar Bigah, Mahatan Bigaha(Aurangabad), Piparakhand(Visrampur) incidents even before this. As the Koel- Kaimur movement is expanding very rapidly and recruitment is increasing very fast, the police authorities are desperately bent on putting hurdles to the movement. They have increased the repressive measures with indiscriminate arrests under POTA. At present Jharkhand is leading in the number of arrests under POTA, after Kashmir. That was why the CPI(ML)(PW) and MCC had given a joint call to observe an economic blockade in Jharkand region in May.

Comrade Dadhichi Roy(51) hails from Buxar district of Bihar. He joined the movement in 1980. He had earlier been in the Trade Union movement. After that he worked for the Kisan Sanghatan. At present the police may be happy that they could kill Dadhichi Roy and could arrest the fast spreading Koel-Kaimur movement. But by killing people or leaders of the movement they may arrest the pace, but history has already proved that repression begets more resistance. That is the dialectical law of the development of society.