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Dumka, Nov. 19: Police have detained one more person for
the murder of Sister Valsa and arrested the man wanted for
the rape of her associate, claiming for the first time that they
were close to cracking the cases that seem to be tied together
in a complex web of mistrust, corporate interest and local
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take out a candlelight
march on Purulia Road to DIG Santhal Pargana Arun Oraon, who is supervising
protest the murder of investigations, confirmed that an eighth person was detained
Sister Valsa in Ranchi on last night in connection with Valsa’s killing on Tuesday at her
Saturday. Picture by home in Pachuara village in Pakur. “We are likely to solve the
Prashant Mitra case in a day or two,” he said.

Advin Murmu, the primary accused in the rape of Sister Valsa’s associate, the police’s
only eyewitness as the 20-year-old girl was with her at the time of her murder, was
arrested last night. But, he denied rape, saying they were in a relationship.

Quoting Advin’s statement, Pakur SP Amarnath Khanna told The Telegraph that the two
were together on the night of November 7. “But, Advin claimed they knew each other for
the last six or seven months and that their parents were also aware of their relationship,”
he said.

Khanna explained the sequence of events as narrated by Advin. On the evening of
November 7, the girl met him while she was returning from a village market. They both
agreed to go to a nearby construction site and spend the night there.

A friend of Advin, who was among two other suspects the police were looking for, is said
to have given them a lift to the site on his motorbike. “They are no longer suspects as,
prima facie, it does not appear that the girl was coerced into accompanying them,”
Khanna said.

Yesterday, DIG Oraon had suspended the Pakur OC for not registering the rape FIR
when the girl, accompanied by her mother, went to the police station on November 8.

Sister Valsa, the police now know, was supposed to meet Pakur deputy commissioner
S.K. Singh on November 16, to complain about the police high-handedness. But she was
murdered the night before.

Oraon believes the murder and the alleged rape are linked. “The timing of the murder
could be linked to the alleged rape incident, though we are not ruling out any possibility,”
he had said yesterday.

Annie Zaidi: Let’s talk about justice
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Annie Zaidi

You will have heard about her by now. A nun (50, 52 or 53 years old, depending on which paper you read) was killed
in Jharkhand.

Sister Valsa John, a nun who had been organising tribal villages to protest displacement due to coal mines, had begun
to win small victories. She had successfully led agitations in Pakur district, and negotiated a good rehabilitation and
compensation package for the villagers to be affected by the Panem coalmines. Some reports suggest that she wanted
the displaced tribals to get a share in revenue. Others mention that she was the reason why Pachwara hadn’t suffered
the same fate as Nandigram.

The sequence of events seems hazy at this point. About fifty armed men showed up in the village. Some reports say she
was killed in her sleep. Others say that some old women tried to protect her by hiding her under mattresses, but all
houses were searched and after Valsa was found, she was either shot dead, or hacked to death (depending on which
newspaper you read).

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She was in Bachuwari, Bachwari, or Pachuwara village (depending on which newspaper you read) for twelve years,
living first with the headman’s family and then with another family, or perhaps she lived alone (depending on which
paper you read). But there had been death threats, allegedly by the coal mafia. Some say that she was already being
protected by some village residents. Clearly, she had needed more protection than she had.

The saddest part of this tragedy is that it was Sister Valsa who had been arrested when she demanded proper
rehabilitation. In 2004, the police had filed a case against her for ‘blocking the road’ just at the time when a fire broke
out in Pachwara. She had managed to get anticipatory bail in 2007. But she was arrested as soon as she left the court
premises, and had to be let out on bail once again.

I heard the news of her killing on an e-group. An activist who had known her and worked alongside her in Jharkhand
mentioned that the Kerelite nun had gone riding into town in the back of a truck to file a police report against the
timber mafia. She had wanted to do more for the people she had sworn to serve. Teaching was no longer enough. She
wanted justice.

A while back, I read of a megalith installed in Namkum, a tall slab that lists martyrs who have given their lives for their
cause and their people. It starts from Tilkha Majhi who was executed by the British rulers in the eighteenth century, and
includes names of those who fell in 1934 and 1985, when 16 people were killed after the police opened fire on people
in Banjhi village. One of the victims had been a Member of Parliament. It’s been twenty-six years since. Who knows if
justice was done?

Recently, Niyamat Ansari’s name was added to the megalith. Only a few months ago, the NREGS activist from
Jharkhand was killed after exposing corruption by road construction contractors. Interestingly, Ansari too had been

arrested before his murder. Certain police officials went on record saying that he was a man of ‘debatable’ character,
for he was accused of ‘encroaching forestland’ where he was building houses and distributing them to the homeless.

I suppose one could talk about the character of a man who does such things. Or we could talk about the character of a
police force that, despite ‘efforts’, has not caught all those who killed him. And we could talk about if and when Sister
Valsa will get justice.

Annie Zaidi writes poetry, stories, essays, scripts (and in a dark, distant past, recipes she never actually tried)

Seven arrested for nun's killing in Jharkhand
NDTV - 2 hours ago
Pakur, Jharkhand: Seven people, all residents of Pachwara and adjoining Aloopara
village were arrested for the killing of Sister Valsa John. Sister John, 52, had been
hacked to death by about 35 to 40 unidentified persons at her house in Pakur district ...

Sister Valsa murder: Did the tribals kill her or was it
the Maoists?
India Today - Nov 18, 2011
Mystery continues to surround the murder of Sister Valsa John, who was brutally
bludgeoned to death by unidentified assailants in Jharkhand's Pakur district. So far, three
former associates of the murdered nun have been detained and five police teams ...

Nun's killing: Maoists, villagers blamed; seven held
Times of India - 16 minutes ago
RANCHI: The Maoists and villagers together killed nun-cum-activist Valsha John Nov
15 in Jharkhand's Pakur district and seven people have been arrested for the murder,
police said Sunday. "We have arrested seven people in the murder of Valsha John. ...

5 detained for nun's murder, CM hints at high-level
probe
Times of India - Nov 17, 2011
Sister Valsa was lynched on Tuesday night by unidentified assailants in Pachuara village
in Pakur district in Santhal Pargana. The Pakur police detained five persons for
interrogation in connection with the murder on Thursday. ...

Jharkhand nun murder case: 3 more people detained
IBNLive.com - Nov 18, 2011
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Police on Saturday detained three more people taking the total
number to seven, in connection with the brutal murder of nun-cum-activist Valsa John in
Pakur district. The needle of suspicion in the murder is now pointing at the ...

Nun's murder case cracked: Jharkhand Police
NewsX - 2 hours ago
Jharkhand Police sources have informed NewsX that they have cracked the murder case
of Sister Valsa John. Sister Valsa, a prominent whistleblower activist, was brutally killed
in Dumka last week. Two people have been arrested so far, and seven more ...

Sreelatha Menon The nuns tale
Business Standard - 20 hours ago
Sister Valsa John is better known as an activist than a nun of the Sisters of Charity of
Jesus & Mary. She left her home in Kerala and moved to Jharkhand two decades ago as a
missionary, but stayed on for the local Santhal tribals of Pachwara. ...

Tribal rights activist Valsa murdered in Jharkhand
Hindustan Times - Nov 16, 2011
Sister Valsa John, 50, a prominent tribal rights activist who had spearheaded an anti-
displacement movement against the PANEM coal mines in Pakur district, was murdered
in her sleep by unidentified men on Tuesday. body," said Pakur superintendent of ...

Hint of motive on funeral day
Calcutta Telegraph - Nov 17, 2011

Pachuara (Pakur)/Ranchi, Nov. 17: Sister Valsa John may have incurred the wrath of a
group of local criminals for seeking justice for a raped tribal girl and that may have been
the immediate provocation for her brutal murder on Tuesday. ...

Tribal leader for CBI probe into nun murder case
Sister Valsa, a nun from Kerala, was hacked to death in Pakur on Tuesday night in her
rented house at Pachuara village. Reports said a gang of about 50 people surrounded her
house and attacked her weapons inside her room killing her on the spot. ...

Bishop Karikkassery mourns Sister Valsa John
PARAVOOR: Kottappuram Bishop Joseph Karikkassery has expressed deep sorrow over
the murder of Sr Valsa John, of Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary Congregation, at
Pachwada in Pakur district in Jharkhand by unidentified persons on Tuesday. ...

Kerala CM writes to his Jharkhand counterpart on
nun's death
52-year-old Valsa, a member of the Sisters of Charity Jesus and Mary congregation since
the last 24 years, was hacked to death on November 15 at Pachwara village in Pakur
district of Jharkhand. She was spearheading an anti-displacement movement against ...

Seven held in Jharkhand nun murder case
Sister Valsa John was murdered on Tuesday. Police said Valsa took the girl, 20, who
stayed with her, to Amrapara police station to lodge a complaint but was turned away.
She later met Pakur deputy commissioner who asked them to meet him again on ...

Nun hacked to death in Jharkhand
KOCHI: Valsa John, a nun hailing from Vazhakkala in Ernakulam, was hacked to death
by unidentified assailants at her home in Pakur district of Jharkhand on Wednesday
morning. Sister Valsa John had spearheaded an anti-displacement movement against a ...

Police claim Maoist involvement in nun murder
IBNLive.com - 41 minutes ago

PTI | 07:11 PM,Nov 20,2011 Pakur (Jharkhand), Nov 20 (PTI) Police today claimed
involvement of Maoists in the killing of Sister Valsha John and arrested seven persons in
connection with the incident. "In all, there were 45 people, who had surrounded ...

Day before murder, Jharkhand nun reported rape in
village
Indian Express - Nov 18, 2011
A day before she was hacked to death, Sister Valsa John had told a supporter about a
rape in the village, and how the police were not registering her complaint. This has
emerged as a strong line of investigation three days after the Catholic nun was ...

Nun killed for protesting tribals in Jharkhand
NewsX - Nov 16, 2011
... murdered in her sleep by unidentified persons on Tuesday. Sister Valsa, a prominent
tribal rights activist has been hacked to death.She had spearheaded an anti-displacement
movement against coal mines in Pakur district and had received death threats.

Tearful farewell for vigilante
Pakur was her adopted home since 1993, but a shocked Edapally, where Sister Valsa
grew up, also mourned her brutal death. Six schools stayed closed today while local
politicians turned up for her memorial service at St George's Forane Church. ...

Slain nun took on coal mafia
The Hindu - Nov 16, 2011
Catholic nun Valsa John (52), who was involved in a movement against displacement of
tribal people by coal mining companies in Jharkhand, was murdered early on Wednesday.
The killing occurred at Bachuwari village of Pakur district, 430 km from here. ...

Jharkhand: Family blames mining mafia for nun Valsa
John's murder
A nun from Kerala was hacked to death in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Tuesday night.
Her killing sparked off a controversy in the state. Sister Valsa John was killed in her
rented house in Pachuara village. Reports said a gang of about 50 people ...

Police find an eyewitness
... Valsa had ditched the people's movement to serve the company's interests. “She was
residing in an 8ftx6ft room, cooking her own food and sleeping on a small bed. Why
would she be living in penury if she could make money?” Pakur deputy commissioner ...

Jharkhand: Coal mafia behind activist nun's death?
Sister's Valsa's murder has taken a political colour in Jharkhand with both the ruling
coalition and opposition making allegations and counter allegations. She was murdered in
Pakur district of Jharkhand by a group of 40 unidentified men who dragged ...

Kerala nun murdered by mining mafia in Jharkhand
She was hacked to death by mining mafia at Pachwara village in Pakur district last night.
Sister Valsa, 53, an ordained nun with the Sisters of Charity, had been working among
tribals in the coal rich region of Dhumka for the past 20 years. ...

Sister Valsa John buried
Sister Valsa John, who was murdered near Dumka in the State of Jharkhand in the early
hours of Tuesday, was laid to rest at St. Paul's Church, Dudhani on Thursday after a
Mass. Member of Sister Valsa John's family, including her eldest brother Baby ...

Nun who led mining protest murdered
16: A nun from Kerala, known for her decade-long agitation that ensured villagers were
adequately compensated before a coal mining company was allowed to begin operations,
was murdered near her home in Pakur district last night. Sister Valsa John (53) ...

Kerala nun fighting for tribal rights killed, family
blames mining mafia
NDTV - Nov 16, 2011
Kerala nun Valsa John, killed by unidentified assailants in Jharkhand, had told her family
here that she faced death threats from mining mafia.

Murdered India activist Sister Valsa John 'was
threatened'
BBC News - Nov 17, 2011
The BBC's Salman Ravi says she later took up the cause of tribal people displaced by
mining around Pakur, about 400km (248 miles) north-east of the state capital Ranchi.
The state government has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Sister Valsa John.

Left condemns nun's murder
The Left parties on Thursday condemned the brutal murder of Sister Valsa John in
Pakur district of Jharkhand and demanded that the State administration take immediate
action. Sister Valsa John had been fighting for the rights of the tribals and against ...

India Nun Hacked To Death; Suspects Detained
BosNewsLife - 21 hours ago
The village where the attack took place is located in Jharkhand's troubled Pakur district,
240 miles (385 kilometers) southeast of Patna, the capital of neighboring Bihar state. "We
have detained seven persons on the suspicion of their complicity," ...

Amrapara OC suspended; 7 detained in Sister Valsa
killing case
NetIndian - Nov 18, 2011
The officer-in-charge of the Amrapara police station has been suspended while seven
people have been detained in connection with the killing of social activist Sister Valsa
John in Panchwara village under Amrapara police station in Jharkhand's Pakur ...

Jharkhand nun's brother says she had sensed danger
Sister Valsa John, the prominent tribal rights activist, who was murdered in her sleep by
unidentified men on Tuesday night, was buried at Dudhiyani in Dumka on Thursday
morning. PANEM coal mines of Pakur district in 2005 and 2006 wherein she supported
...

Jharkhand: Three detained in nun murder case
The police is inquiring into the killing of 52-year-old Sister Valsa John at Pachwara
village in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Tuesday night. A resident of Kerala's Ernakulam
district, she had been staying at Pachwara village for several years and ...

Probe ordered into Valsa John murder
Daily Pioneer - Nov 17, 2011
Sensing the prevailing tension in the village, Superintendent of Police Pakur Amarnath
Khana was told to skip the crime review meeting called by DIG VK Pandey and asked to
rush to Pachwara to keep tabs on the situation. Meanwhile, more then 48 hours ...

Seven detained for Kerala nuns murder
RANCHI: Seven people have been detained and a police officer has been suspended in

the brutal murder of nun-cum-activist Valsha John in Jharkhand's Pakur district, police
said Friday. "Seven people have been detained in connection with the brutal ...

Activist nun murdered in India
AFP - Nov 17, 2011
Valsa John had been helping tribal groups displaced by coal mining companies in Pakur
district in the eastern state of Jharkhand. Her younger brother told the Press Trust of India
news agency that she had spoken of facing down threats from the local ...

Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda fears political rivalry
behind nun's killing
Probing into the killing of Sister Valsa John the Jharkhand Police has detained three
people for questioning. The nun was hacked to death in her rented house in Pakur district
on Tuesday night. After the murder, the killers had left some Maoist posters ...

Slain Kerala nun laid to rest in Jharkhand
... nun Valsa John (52), who was hacked to death on Wednesday, was laid to rest on the
Dumka Cathedral premises in Jharkhand on Thursday. According to police, around 50
people, carrying arms, surrounded the house at Bachuwari village of Pakur district, ...

Jharkhand: Nun fighting for tribal rights killed
IBNLive - Nov 16, 2011
A Kerala nun working among tribals in Jharkhand was hacked to death late on Tuesday
night. The victim, sister Valsa had told her family in Kochi that she faced death threats
from mining mafia. http://ibnlive.com/livetv.

5 yrs ago, Jharkhand nun helped win tribals' rights;
Tuesday night, she was ...
A Catholic nun who once spearheaded a movement against the displacement of tribals for
a coal mining project in Jharkhand was last night beaten to death in her home in
Pachuwara village in the state's Pakur district. Valsa John, 52, a member of the ...

No arrests so far, Cong wants CBI probe
The police were yet to make any headway in the murder of Sister Valsa John, more than
24 hours after the Catholic nun was hacked by a group of unidentified assailants in her
home in Pachuwara village in Jharkhand's Pakur district. ...

Jharkhand: Tribals may be behind nun-activist's
killing, say police
Daily News & Analysis - Nov 17, 2011
Around 40 people Tuesday night raided Pachuwara village in Jharkhand's Pakur district
-- 500 km from Ranchi -- and hacked to death Valsa John, 52, from Kerala's Ernakulam
district. Asked about the possibility of the coal mafia or Maoists being involved ...

Jharkhand nun killing: 7 people arrested
Daily News & Analysis - 3 hours ago
Seven people were today arrested in connection with the murder of the activist nun who
was hacked to death with an axe by unknown assailants in Jharkhand. Valsha John, 52,
was beaten and then chopped with an axe on Wednesday in the mineral rich state ...

7 detained in nun murder case
Fifty-two-year-old John was brutally killed at Pachwara village in Jharkhand's Pakur
district on Tuesday night. "We have detained seven persons on the suspicion of their
complicity," Pakur SP Amarnath Khanna told PTI. A resident of Kerala's Ernakulam ...

Posted On Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 02:05:27
AM
Mumbai Mirror - Nov 16, 2011
Sister Valsa was hacked to death at the Pachwara village in Pakur district of Jharkhand
late on Tuesday night. Valsa's younger brother Baby, who lives at Kakkanad in
Ernakulam district in Kerala said that the family was shocked to learn about her death ...

Nun's killing: Cops make no headway

PTI | Nov 17, 2011, 05.32PM IST RANCHI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on
Thursday said police was inquiring into the killing of a nun who spearheaded an anti-
displacement stir against a private coal company at Pachwara village in Pakur district. ...

Nun killing: Jharkhand Chief Minister hints separate
probe
NDTV - Nov 17, 2011
Sister Valsa was hacked to death by about 35 to 40 unidentified persons at her house in
Pachwara under Amrapara block in Pakur district. "A sister is killed. It is a shame for the
state of Jharkhand. She was a social worker. A proper investigation is ...

Family: Catholic nun hacked to death in eastern Indian
had been threatened by ...
Washington Post - Nov 17, 2011
Sister Valsa John was fighting on behalf of hundreds of people who had been displaced
by mining operations in Jharkhand state, her brother MJ Baby said. During a recent visit
home John had complained that she had received threats purportedly from local ...

Indian Nun Hacked To Death For Defying Big Coal
Care2.com (blog) - Nov 18, 2011
... clubs and axes burst into the house of Sister Valsa John in Pachuwara, a remote village
in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. They beat and hacked her to death. She had been
working among poor tribespeople in Pakur and in recent months had been ...

Amnesty Demands Thorough Probe Into Killing Of
Indian Activist Nun
RTT News - Nov 17, 2011
Valsa John's family and human rights activists in Jharkhand told Amnesty that she had
received death threats hours before her murder in Pauchuara, Pakur district. The family
told the human rights watchdog that these threats might have come from ...

Three detained in nun's murder case
The police, who filed an FIR against unknown persons, was inquiring into the killing of
52-year-old Sister Valsha John at Pachwara village in Jharkhand's Pakur district on
Tuesday night. A resident of Kerala's Ernakulam district, she had been staying ...

Father's memorial mass at home, slain nun buried in
Jharkhand
Thursday morning, they gathered at the church with flowers and candles; but the
memorial mass was offered for his daughter Sister Valsa John, who was murdered in
Jharkhand on Tuesday night. Recalls the nun's brother MJ George, “It was planned as a
day ...

Indian mining companies accused of murder of
campaigning nun
RFI - Nov 17, 2011
Valsa John, who had been helping tribal groups displaced by coal mining companies in
Pakur district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, was hacked to death while sleeping at
home late on Tuesday night, according to police. ...

Rights activist nun Killed
Deccan Chronicle - Nov 16, 2011
A Catholic nun from Kochi, Sister Valsa John, 53, was murdered on Tuesday night by a
group of 50 armed assailants at Pachwara village of Pakur district in Jharkhand. She had
been working among the tribals in Jharkhand for the last 20 years. ...

Orissa tribals to blame for nun's brutal killing: police
Gulf Times - Nov 17, 2011
The police revealed that around 40 people raided the Pachuwara village in Jharkhand's
Pakur district - 500km from here – on Tuesday night and hacked to death Valsa John,
52, from Kerala's Ernakulam district. John came to the Pakur district nearly a ...

MP seeks immediate arrest of culprits
Jose K. Mani, MP, has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking the
immediate arrest of the culprits in the murder of Sister Valsa John. In the letter, the MP
pointed out that the murder had come at a time when an agitation in 31 tribal villages ...

Investigate murder of nun in Jharkhand: Amnesty
Zee News - Nov 17, 2011
Valsa John, 52, is the fourth social activist to have been killed in unexplained
circumstances in India this year, the global human rights body said. She was axed to
death in her home in the eastern state of Jharkhand on the night of 15 November. ...

Nun slain in India faced threats from mine bosses
The nun's family says Sister Valsa John was fighting on behalf of hundreds of people
who had been displaced by mining operations Her brother MJ Baby said on Thursday that
during a recent visit home John had complained she had received threats ...

Nun and Advocate for India's Tribal People Killed
Voice of America (blog) - Nov 17, 2011
Sister Valsa John had been helping tribal groups who were displaced by coal mining
companies in Jharkhand state. Her brother says she had received threats from local coal
mine owners. He told reporters that a group of 50 people barged into her house ...

Left condemn Jharkhand nun's murder
Maintaining that her killing was a result of the " threat posed to the mining mafia", the
CPI(M) Politburo said, "Valsa John had been fighting for the rights of the tribals and
against their displacement due to mining activities since 1995. ...

Two arrested in the Jharkhand nun murder case
IBNLive.com - 7 hours ago
New Delhi: The Jharkhand police on Sunday arrested two people in connection with the
murder of nun-cum-activist Valsa John in Pakur district. The police on Saturday
detained three more people. In total, nine people have been detained by the police in ...

Mining mafia threat: Kerala nun hacked to death in
Jharkhand
(Reuters) Valsha John, a nun from Kerala, who spearheaded an anti-displacement
movement against a private coal mining company at Pachwara village in Pakur district,
was hacked to death by unidentified assailants here. "She was beaten with sticks and ...

Sr. John - tribal rights martyr
CathNews India - Nov 16, 2011
Sr Valsa John, who was murdered by unidentified men Tuesday, was a prominent tribal
rights activist spearheading an anti-displacement movement against the PANEM coal
mines in Jharkhand's Pakur district. Sr John, 53, belonged to the Sisters of Charity ...

Church grieves murder of activist nun who led tribal
fight
ChristianToday - Nov 17, 2011
Sr Valsa John was hacked to death by 40 to 50 unknown persons at Bachuwari village of
Pakur district on Tuesday. The 52-year-old nun was campaigning for tribal people
displaced by coal mining companies in Jharkhand state. Pakur's police superintendent ...

Three detained for Kerala nun's murder
indiablooms - Nov 18, 2011
... Sister Valsa, 52, told her family in August that she was facing death threats from coal
mining mafia. She was working for development of tribals in Jharkhand. Around fifty
armed people had assembled near her house at Bachuwari village in Pakur ...

Police probe is going on into nun's killing: CM
The Asian Age - Nov 17, 2011
The 52-year-old nun was hacked to death by unknown persons in Pakur district on
Tuesday. Meanwhile, the mortal remains of Valsha was today laid to rest in Dumka
district. "The nun was buried at Dudhiyani in Dumka this morning," former Jharkhand
deputy ...

Church leaders outraged at murder of Indian Sister

CathNews - Nov 17, 2011
... Sister Valsa John in the remote east Indian state of Jharkhand, reports ucanews.com.
The 53-year-old religious from the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary was hacked to
death at her home in Pakur district, reportedly by a mob of around 50 people. ...

NUN 2 LAST
On October 12, 2009, the company's deputy director Dinanath Sharan was also gunned
down by suspected Maoists in Pakur while he was on a morning walk. Meanwhile,
Jharkhand Disom Party today demanded a CBI probe into her killing.

Police probe is going on into nun's killing: CM
Zee News - Nov 17, 2011
Now the police is inquiring into the incident. If required, a separate probe would be
instituted," Munda told reporters here. The 52-year-old nun was hacked to death by
unknown persons in Pakur district on Tuesday. PTI.

Family: Slain nun had received threats
UPI.com - Nov 17, 2011
Sister Valsa John, 52, was hacked to death at her home in eastern Jharkand state Tuesday
night by about 35 to 40 people, Press Trust of India reported. Her family in Kerala said
she had received death threats from mining chiefs and was killed because ...

Nun Murdered in India After Fighting Displacement of
Local Tribe Over Coal Mining
Christian Post - Nov 17, 2011
She was a leader who championed the rights of the local tribe's people displaced by a
private company that wished to mine the coal-rich region of Pachwara village in Pakur
district. According to reports, Sister John was attacked by an unidentified man ...

Nun from Kerala, India Murdered by 'Coal Mafia'
International Business Times - Nov 16, 2011
A Catholic nun named Valsa John was murdered the Indian state of Jharkhand on
Tuesday. John, who is from the state of Kerala in the deep south, was killed by

unidentified assailants who broke into her home at 2 am in the city of Pachwara village.
...

Indian nun brutally murdered; coal-mining interests
suspected
Catholic Culture - Nov 17, 2011
Sister Valsa John, of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, was killed by unidentified
men who knocked on her door at midnight on November 15, then beat her with sticks and
hacked her with axes before ending her life with a gunshot. ...

Catholic nun shot dead
CathNews India - Nov 16, 2011
Sister Valsa John, who belonged to the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, was killed
during an alleged encounter near her home in the early hours of yesterday morning in
Pakur district. Bishop Julius Marandi of Dumka said today the circumstances ...

Nun slain in India faced threats from mine bosses
CBS News - Nov 17, 2011
Jharkhand police said around 50 men barged into the house where John, 53, was staying
in the state's Pakur district. Her mutilated body was found by police Wednesday. John
joined the order of the Sisters of Charity 24 years ago. ...

Police Claim Maoist Involvement in Nun Murder
Outlook - 58 minutes ago
PTI | Pakur (Jharkhand) | Nov 20, 2011 Police today claimed involvement of Maoists in
the killing of Sister Valsha John and arrested seven persons in connection with the
incident. "In all, there were 45 people, who had surrounded her house with 30 of ...

Police probing into nun's killing: Munda
PTI | 05:11 PM,Nov 17,2011 Ranchi, Nov 17 (PTI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun
Munda today said police was inquiring into the killing of a nun who spearheaded an anti-
displacement stir against a private coal company at Pachwara village in Pakur ...

Women activist beaten, axed to death in Jharkhand

PTI Valsha John, a woman who hailed from Kerala's Ernakulam district and spearheaded
an anti-displacement movement against a private company at Pachwara village in Pakur
district, was killed by unidentified men. "She was beaten with sticks and then ...

Police claim Maoist involvement in nun murder
Deccan Chronicle - 24 minutes ago
PTI Police on Sunday claimed involvement of Maoists in the killing of Sister Valsha
John and arrested seven persons in connection with the incident. "In all, there were 45
people, who had surrounded her house with 30 of them being Maoists," Inspector ...

India: Nun murdered in fourth activist killing in 2011
Amnesty International USA - Nov 17, 2011
Valsa John's family and human rights activists in Jharkhand told Amnesty International
she had received death threats hours before her murder in Pauchuara, Pakur district. The
family told Amnesty International they believe these threats may have come ...

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