Allies and Enemies A S IN the Dhanbad coalfields violence is a common faith. It is followed by all the parties involved: the officers of Marat Coking Coal, who hire goondas to break labour strikes; the transport contractors, who engage in inter-company skirmishes; the police officials, who kill and rape at the bidding of BCCL officers and contractors; and finally, the labourers, who refuse to take all this lying down.