Ravish, There are reports in Pioneer that CBI investigation uncovered the facts that some armed thugs were providing the fire under police cover and used 0.315 calibre rifles. The idea was to intimidate the villagers into giving up their lands. The local MP and some MLAs were involved.
Eg. Outlook article "Buddha meets his Kalki"
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And that's not all. The impending CBI report on Nandigram will, say all available indicators, be severely critical of the police and may expose the role played by CPI(M) cadre in the March 14 troubles which left 14 dead and over 70 injured. A CBI source told Outlook the evidence points to the <b>"CPI(M) deploying its musclemen to kill, injure, maim and rape the people of Nandigram". </b>And apparently, they were supported in their efforts by the state police.
Last week, the <b>CBI</b> (which was handed the case by the Calcutta HC) <b>raided a brick kiln near a spot where the CPI(M) had set up camp in late January. The raid led to the arrest of 10 men who confessed to being activists of the CPI(M) and affiliates like the DYFI. They were found to be in possession of countrymade as well as sophisticated arms, police uniforms and the cellphone numbers of top CPI(M) leaders like health minister Surya Kanta Mishra (who oversees party affairs in East Midnapore district where Nandigram is located) and CPI(M) local MP Lakshman Seth</b>.
<b>An intensive search in Nandigram has yielded live and spent bullets of prohibited bores like .315 and .38âwhich are not issued to the police. The 10 arrested from the kiln have confessed they were sent by CPI(M) leaders to help launch an assault on activists of the Bhumi Uched Pratirodh Committee (committee to fight land ouster), who are spearheading the protests in Nandigram.</b>
The CBI is also coming round to the conclusion that the police firing was not justifiedâthat it was a lapse on the part of senior officers who failed to control their men. <b>Also, almost all the victims sustained bullet wounds above the waist, thus proving that the police fired to kill.</b> All this, if impartially compiled and presented in the CBI's final report, may prove to be calamitous for Buddhadeb and his government. Especially damaging will be the mobile phone records of the 10 party musclemen that show they were in regular touch with key party functionaries....
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Eg. Outlook article "Buddha meets his Kalki"
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And that's not all. The impending CBI report on Nandigram will, say all available indicators, be severely critical of the police and may expose the role played by CPI(M) cadre in the March 14 troubles which left 14 dead and over 70 injured. A CBI source told Outlook the evidence points to the <b>"CPI(M) deploying its musclemen to kill, injure, maim and rape the people of Nandigram". </b>And apparently, they were supported in their efforts by the state police.
Last week, the <b>CBI</b> (which was handed the case by the Calcutta HC) <b>raided a brick kiln near a spot where the CPI(M) had set up camp in late January. The raid led to the arrest of 10 men who confessed to being activists of the CPI(M) and affiliates like the DYFI. They were found to be in possession of countrymade as well as sophisticated arms, police uniforms and the cellphone numbers of top CPI(M) leaders like health minister Surya Kanta Mishra (who oversees party affairs in East Midnapore district where Nandigram is located) and CPI(M) local MP Lakshman Seth</b>.
<b>An intensive search in Nandigram has yielded live and spent bullets of prohibited bores like .315 and .38âwhich are not issued to the police. The 10 arrested from the kiln have confessed they were sent by CPI(M) leaders to help launch an assault on activists of the Bhumi Uched Pratirodh Committee (committee to fight land ouster), who are spearheading the protests in Nandigram.</b>
The CBI is also coming round to the conclusion that the police firing was not justifiedâthat it was a lapse on the part of senior officers who failed to control their men. <b>Also, almost all the victims sustained bullet wounds above the waist, thus proving that the police fired to kill.</b> All this, if impartially compiled and presented in the CBI's final report, may prove to be calamitous for Buddhadeb and his government. Especially damaging will be the mobile phone records of the 10 party musclemen that show they were in regular touch with key party functionaries....
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