One more decomposed body found in Nandigram

Statesman News Service
NANDIGRAM, Dec. 12: Decomposed human remains were found in two sacks from a grave in Parulbari village of Nandigram today, after it was dug in the presence of Nandigram-I BDO, Mr Shanti Ram Ghorai by state police. An order from the judicial magistrate, Haldia, enabled the grave to be dug in the BDO's presence. The CRPF, however, claimed they were not informed by state police before the grave was dug. “In spite of repeated reminders to inform us before the grave is dug, the state police failed to do so today,” a senior CRPF officer said. The CRPF discovered the grave in Parulbari village on Monday. The CRPF had cordoned off the area after the discovery on Monday morning. The village in which this sixth grave was found, in a span of a week, is about 2.5 km from Maheshpur, a CPI-M stronghold. The senior CRPF officer said that the other spot in the same village, where human hair had been found, might not contain a body. The CRPF had cordoned off this spot too. This spot has houses surrounding it, which makes it unsuitable for body to be buried there. The BUPC supporters today staged a march near the spot, alleging that the body in the grave belonged to a BUPC supporter who has been missing since the alleged CPI-M goons fired on a peace rally by BUPC supporters in Maheshpur on 10 November. “Family members of Haren Pramanik, who has been missing since the recent firing on a peace rally in November, claimed that the body is his. These people are residents of Dihi Kamalpur, a village in Nandigram,” a senior CRPF officer said.