Kerala nun’s death: Family blames mining mafia

PAKUR (JHARKHAND): Kerala nun Valsa John, killed by unidentified assailants in Jharkhand, had told her family here that she faced death threats from mining mafia, one of her brothers said on Wednesday.


52 year old Valsa, who was from Vazhala in the Ernakulam District, had told her family during a trip home in August about the death threats from the coal mining mafia against whom she had fought to protect the tribal community, her younger brother Baby told reporters here.


Valsa had spoken to her elder sister on phone Tuesday evening and discussed some problems faced by her.