Behind Barsoi protests, police firing and 2 deaths: A years-long struggle for electricity amid corruption, apathy

Soon after Wednesday's incident, in which protesters allegedly attacked an electricity department office in Barsoi, police said that they had resorted to opening fire “in self-defence”.

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