November 25, 2004
www.IndiaResource.org
Police Attack Coca-Cola
Protest, Over 350 Arrested
http://www.indiaresource.org/press/2004/mehdiganjattack.html
A
massive demonstration, with over 1,000 people, was held at the Coca-Cola
bottling plant in Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh to demand that the bottling facility
shut down. Armed police reacted violently, beating and injuring many, including
many women. Over 350 people were arrested in an incident that is rapidly
becoming part of a pattern in Coca-Cola's response to the growing resistance in
India - using violence to suppress opposition.