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'Everything turned into ashes...': Odisha's MV-26 turns into a ghost village after headless body of woman triggers clashes; 160 houses gutted

The Malkangiri administration in Odisha saw violent clashes, internet shutdown and prohibitory orders being imposed after a headless body of an Adivasi woman led to violence. Clashes between tribal communities and Bengali settlers led to the destruction of 160 houses. The confrontation happened after a gruesome killing of a 51-year-old tribal woman, whose headless body was recovered from a riverbank last week.