Charred body of child recovered in Nandigram-India-NEWS-The Times of India
Sunday, April 1, 2007
NANDIGRAM (WB): A Trinamul Congress-backed body opposing the acquisition of land claimed to have found the charred body of a child at Bhangabera in Nandigram, scene of police firing on March 14.
The Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee's (BUPC) core committee member Sabuj Pradhan told reporters the body was found while the group's members were digging up land under Bhangabera Bridge in the hope of finding bodies of those killed in the police firing.
He said the body would be handed over to police. East Midnapur's Superintendent of Police G Srinivas said police had received reports that a body had been found in Bhangabera but were yet to get possession of it.
Earlier, the BUPC, comprising members of the Trinamul Congress, SUCI, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Congress and BJP organised a large procession to demand "punishment" for Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for the police firing in which 14 people died.
The protestors displayed banners that said: "We do not want sympathy, we want punishment by hanging."
The procession, including a large number of women and children, covered a 10-km route from Garchakraberia to Bhangabera where the protestors dispersed after seeing a large posse of policemen.
Later, the protestors began digging up a large area under Bhangabera Bridge while a huge police contingent monitored the situation.
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