Since March 16, the displaced persons, led by Oram, were sitting on an indefinite dharna protesting further displacement and demanding the implementation of recommendations made by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. According to information received, 22 Adivasi residents of Bondamunda area in Sundergarh district, Odisha, were arrested by police on March 28, including activist Deme Oram of the Anchalik Surakshya Committee of Bondamunda.