Priors
Singur and Nandigram land acquisition protests

Firing

14 Mar 2007

In power
CPI(M) — West Bengal
Acted
Police, West Bengal

Police entered Nandigram, which the Bhoomi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee had blockaded since January, and fired on crowds at two places. The state's account, given in the Assembly and in Parliament, was that police used tear gas and rubber bullets first and fired after stone-throwing, crude bombs and firing from the crowd. Petitioners in the High Court alleged that CPI(M) cadres accompanied the police and that no prohibitory order had been issued. The Telegraph reported that the CBI's preliminary inquiry recovered .315-bore bullets that police had not been issued, and was examining whether outsiders took part in the firing. Death and injury counts differ by source. [1][3][4][6][2][5]

  • 14 killed in police firing (13 identified), said Calcutta High Court [1]
  • 162 injured, said Calcutta High Court [1]
  • 14 killed, said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the Assembly on 15 March (as reproduced in the High Court judgment) [1]
  • 70-71, and 42 police personnel injured, said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the Assembly on 15 March (as reproduced in the High Court judgment) [1]
  • 13, and one villager killed by a bomb he was about to throw killed in police firing, said official sources (UNI) [2]
  • 6 killed, said Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the Rajya Sabha on 14 March (initial telephone information) [4]
  • about 20, including 8 policemen injured, said Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the Rajya Sabha on 14 March (initial telephone information) [4]
  • 14 killed in firing, said National Human Rights Commission [3]
  • 300, including 52 policemen injured, said National Human Rights Commission [3]
  • 10 killed, said counsel for the petitioners (as recorded in the High Court judgment) [1]
  • 11, and 34 injured including 14 policemen killed, said The Hindu (first-day report) [6]
  • more than 20, and 200 injured killed, said Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee [6]
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The same action under other governments

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  2. 2022Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022In power: BRS — Telangana
  3. 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
  4. 2006Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha
  5. 1990Anti-Mandal agitation, 1990In power: Janata Dal — Odisha, Bihar, Delhi Police
  6. 1976JP movement and the Emergency, 1975-1977In power: INC — Uttar Pradesh

Sources

  1. 1Association for Protection of Democratic Rights v State of West Bengal and Ors, 2007 (4) CHN 842Calcutta High Court via Indian Kanoon, 16 Nov 2007T2 CourtArchived 9 Dec 2008
  2. 2WB Governor calls Nandigram excesses an outrageUNI via Oneindia, 14 Mar 2007T5 Secondary
  3. 3Commission's order on Nandigram issueNational Human Rights Commission, 8 Feb 2008T2 Court
  4. 4Rajya Sabha official debates, 14 March 2007: Information to the House, incident of firing in Nandigram, West Bengal (pp. 312-314)Rajya Sabha Secretariat, 14 Mar 2007T1 Record
  5. 5CBI bullet hole in police storyThe Telegraph (Kolkata), Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, 20 Mar 2007T4 ReportArchived 30 Sep 2007
  6. 611 killed in Nandigram police firingThe Hindu, Marcus Dam, 15 Mar 2007T4 ReportArchived 17 Mar 2007