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6 Nov 2007

In power

CPI(M) — West Bengal

Acted

State government, West Bengal

CPI(M) supporters, with outsiders, overran the Nandigram blockade. The NHRC found that the Tehkhali police outpost was withdrawn late on 6 November, which facilitated the attack, and its investigation team reported that the police approach was partisan; the Commission said that neither the CPI(M) nor the Bhoomi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee could escape a share of responsibility. On 9 November The Telegraph reported CPI(M) supporters taking more villages and police officers saying they could not enter. Casualty and displacement counts differ by source. [3][4][2][1]

• 7 killed between 6 and 12 November, said National Human Rights Commission [3]
• 32, including 16 police personnel injured between 6 and 12 November, said National Human Rights Commission [3]
• nearly 2,500 villagers driven out, said National Human Rights Commission [3]
• 560 completely and 399 partially houses damaged between 6 and 12 November, said Chief Secretary of West Bengal (report cited by the NHRC) [3]
• about 900 houses burnt, said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (UNI) [1]
• at least 30 killed in Nandigram during 2007, said Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International India [2]

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