NEW DELHI, Dec. 5 -- Monsignor Eugene H. Pereira is the convenor of the Vizhinjam Protest Front. He was present in person when the police opened attack on the protestors on 27th November. In an interview with Fr. Vincent Pereppadan, he narrates the sequence of events that culminated in a brutal police action. According to Monsignor Pereira, it was the unfolding of a scripted drama at the behest of the corporate power behind the port construction. He alleges that the ruling Communist government is playing to the corporate giant's tune.

Q: Why do you say that the riot-like violence at the Vizhinjam police station was scripted?

A: The warlike violence and terror at Vizhinjam on 26th and 27th November were the result of a conspired script b...