04-29-2007, 08:33 PM
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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory...id=233776#
<b>Violence erupts in Nandigram again; no casualties</b>
Rival groups of villagers exchange gunfire as ousted CPI(M) supporters try to re-enter their domain, say police
Express News Service
Kolkata, April 27: Even as Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee called an all-party meet to discuss Nandigram, where 14 people lost their lives in police firing on March 14, violence erupted in the area once again on Friday. There were, however, no casualties this time.
Rival groups of villagers hurled bombs and exchanged gunfire across a canal at Bhangaberia as the ousted supporters of the CPI(M) tried to re-enter their domain, from where they had been turned out in January, said the police.
East Midnapore district police superintendent G Srinivas said: "Two rival groups were facing across a culvert and exchanged gunfire from a distance. No one was injured, and the crowds had dispersed by the time the police reached." He said the firing lasted for about an hour and stopped around noon.
Later in the evening, CPI legislator Mohammed Iliyas, representing Nandigram, was heckled by the supporters of the Save Land Committee led by the Trinamool Congress when he tried to organise a peace meeting in his Chowringhee village.
Iliyas had tried to explain that since the government has withdrawn its orders for land acquisition there was no point in persisting with tension. <b>Iliyas was earlier accused by the CPI(M) of having instigated the anti-acquisition movement</b>.
Trinamool leader Sisir Adhikari, who is in charge of the district, said CPI(M) supporters from Khejuri side tried to capture Nandigram.<b> "They opened fire on us first, following which the Save Land Committee members chased them," </b>said Adhikari.
Ashok Guria, the CPI(M)'s pointman, said: "It has been nearly four months since our supporters were ousted from the area and living in relief camps maintained by the party." Guria said Friday's incident was an expression of this frustration.
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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory...id=233776#
<b>Violence erupts in Nandigram again; no casualties</b>
Rival groups of villagers exchange gunfire as ousted CPI(M) supporters try to re-enter their domain, say police
Express News Service
Kolkata, April 27: Even as Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee called an all-party meet to discuss Nandigram, where 14 people lost their lives in police firing on March 14, violence erupted in the area once again on Friday. There were, however, no casualties this time.
Rival groups of villagers hurled bombs and exchanged gunfire across a canal at Bhangaberia as the ousted supporters of the CPI(M) tried to re-enter their domain, from where they had been turned out in January, said the police.
East Midnapore district police superintendent G Srinivas said: "Two rival groups were facing across a culvert and exchanged gunfire from a distance. No one was injured, and the crowds had dispersed by the time the police reached." He said the firing lasted for about an hour and stopped around noon.
Later in the evening, CPI legislator Mohammed Iliyas, representing Nandigram, was heckled by the supporters of the Save Land Committee led by the Trinamool Congress when he tried to organise a peace meeting in his Chowringhee village.
Iliyas had tried to explain that since the government has withdrawn its orders for land acquisition there was no point in persisting with tension. <b>Iliyas was earlier accused by the CPI(M) of having instigated the anti-acquisition movement</b>.
Trinamool leader Sisir Adhikari, who is in charge of the district, said CPI(M) supporters from Khejuri side tried to capture Nandigram.<b> "They opened fire on us first, following which the Save Land Committee members chased them," </b>said Adhikari.
Ashok Guria, the CPI(M)'s pointman, said: "It has been nearly four months since our supporters were ousted from the area and living in relief camps maintained by the party." Guria said Friday's incident was an expression of this frustration.
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