Kolkata: The CBI team investigating the incident of farmers killing in Nandigram released its initial report on Wednesday. The report confirmed that outsiders were involved in the violence that took place on March 14.
The pattern of firing and the bullets recovered from the site points to the fact that some other people apart from the police also used firearms at the site, says the report.
It also said that most of the bullet wounds were above the torso, which is not the case in police firing. The agency reportedly found that a large number of bullets recovered from the scenes of mayhem did not match the type of ammunition used by the cops.
Five out of the ten people taken into custody on suspicion confessed having links with the youth wing of a political party adds the report.
The CBI inquiry was ordered by the high court a day after the carnage. At least 14 people were officially stated to have been killed and 71 injured in Nandigram as police opened fire to quell mobs and retake the area they lost control of in January after unrest over acquisition of farmland for a special economic zone.
Meanwhile, officers-in-charge of three police stations, in Nandigram, Khejuri and Sutahata areas of West Bengal were removed on Wednesday.
"The three officers have gone for pre-promotion training," Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia said.
Opposition parties, however, claimed that the officers were "transferred" in the wake of the March 14 police firing in which at least 14 people were killed.
"We want to know the real reason behind the transfer of the three OCs when a CBI probe is on," Manas Bhuniya, leader of Congress Legislature Party in West Bengal Assembly was quoted as saying.
"And, if the OCs were transferred, then why will the SP, DIG and IG (Western Range) will go get away free?" Bhuniya questioned.
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