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Indian man confronts mining industry, wins prize

By Katy Daigle
Published April 28, 2014 11:31am ET
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Indian man confronts mining industry, wins prize
In this April 15, 2014 photo, Ramesh Agrawal speaks during an interview at his house in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh state, India. Agrawal is one of a growing number of unlikely heroes in India helping small, marginalized communities take on the huge government projects or corporate behemoths in court. He is also one of this year's six recipients of this year's $175,000 Goldman Environmental Prize, often called "Green Nobel." (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) | Rafiq Maqbool

GARE VILLAGE, India (AP) — The man walked into Ramesh Agrawal’s tiny Internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, “You talk too much.” Then he fired two bullets into Agrawal’s left leg and fled on a motorcycle.

The 2012 attack came three months after Agrawal won a court case that blocked a major Indian company, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., from opening a second coal mine near the village of Gare in the mineral-rich state of Chhattisgarh.

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