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Widespread malaise

Jagatram Tundu, a resident of Mecha village near Jadugora, Jharkhand, drowned when the sluice gates of a Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)-owned barrage was suddenly opened on April 20, 2005. The East Singhbhum district administration ordered an inquiry into the incident. The UCIL is conducting a separate inquiry. It suspects sabotage.