But his petition gave sufficient hints that the Ananda Margis were murdered over a land dispute with the Communists. The Bijon Setu massacre (Bengali: বিজন সেতু হত্যাকান্ড) or Ananda Margi Monks killing was the killing and burning of 16 sadhus and a sadhvi belonging to Ananda Marga at Bijon Setu, near Ballygunge, Kolkata in West Bengal, India, on 30 April 1982.Despite the attacks being carried out in broad daylight, no arrests were ever made. ABP News uses cookie on this website to ensure a better User Experience, beautiful functionalities and to measure visitor behavior in order to improve the content. By May 199, two reminders had already been sent and yet, the state government chose not to respond. While they have been decimated politically, they are yet to experience the mettle of justice. Don't Block. Whether NDTV or 'The Wire', they never have to worry about funds. The senate approved the subpoenas in a 12-0 vote after both Facebook and Twitter censored a New York Post report on Joe Biden, Video journalist Manish Soni had reported about the plight of farmers whose paddy crops were ruined due to anti-encroachment drive, During Lalu's Jungle Raj in Bihar, IAS Officer BB Vishwas's wife Chamba Biswas was raped for 2 years by RJD leader Mrityunjay Yadav. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of these cookies. On the heels of the Union Government setting up an inquiry into the murder of the Christian Missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Odisha, the AMPS in a 66 page letter to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee urged the Government to set up a similar panel to probe “the killings of 17 Ananda Margis in broad daylight in Calcutta.” “Never had the city of Calcutta or any part of our country witnessed such inhuman, brutal and systematic massacre spreading over one and a half hours without any police intervention while the police station is at a stone’s throw distance,” the letter said. In name of saving democracy, they get money from various sources.

Through the years, they have managed to hold on to political power by holding a gun to the head of its opposition. There are others who might have suffered equally for their refusal to toe the Communist line on the massacre.
The brutal manner in which the Sadhus were lynched and the Police refused to help them has sent shock waves throughout the country. The killings occurred simultaneously at three different locations and are said to have been witnessed by thousands of people. Those reportedly present at the meeting were Kanti Ganguly, minister in the last Left Front cabinet; Sachin Sen, former CPM MLA, now dead; Nirmal Haldar, local CPM leader; Amal Majumdar, former councillor of ward no 108 (Tiljala-Kasba); and Somnath Chatterjee, then MP from Jadavpur and subsequently Speaker of Lok Sabha.

প্রিয় পাঠক, দীর্ঘ সময় ধরে আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকার সংবাদে আপনি যে ভরসা রেখেছেন, সেই জন্য আমরা কৃতজ্ঞ। এই ওয়েবসাইট-এর হোমপেজের খবরগুলি যদিও নির্বিঘ্নেই পড়তে পারবেন কিন্তু বিস্তারিত খবর পড়তে হলে নীচের ধাপগুলি অনুসরণ করে ​আপনার ব্রাউজার-এর অ্যাড ব্লকারটি আনইন্সটল করে নিন।. Kanojia was also arrested last year for postin derogatory tweets aimed at spreading hatred. In April 2017, the Justice Amitava Lala Commission visited the home of Mamata Bhattacharya, wife of slain OC of Tiljala police station Gangadhar Bhattacharya who was shot dead on October 31, 1983, to record her deposition, in Behala. And yet, nearly four decades have passed and justice has still not been done in the matter. “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” said Chairman Mao. On October 21, 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose announced the formation of the 'Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind' or the provincial government of free India in Singapore and had declared war on the British Empire.