In Nandigram CRPF seizes explosives Maoist literature

Kolkata in turmoil has returned to unease peace after the volatile clash between the police and minority community forum in the streets burning vehicles,pelleting of stones,police charging with batons,tear gas and bullets to curb the violence,propelled the authorities to clamp curfew which is lifted but situation still remains grim.As efforts for reconciliatory process with leaders remained elusive.Hence Peace is elusive to Nandigram as CPIM cadre still rule Nandigram with touch of Intrinsic power.
CRPF personnel today arrested eightCPI(M) supporters and fished out explosives, ammunitions, countryman and Maoist literature from a pond.The East Midnapore SP said the CPI(M) supporters were arrested from Tekhali Bazar.
Deputy Director General of Police, Law and Order, Raj Kanojia said in
Kolkata that 25 kg of bomb-making materials and 150 rounds of
ammunition, three rifles and Maoist leaflets were seized.

West Midnapur district police superintendent S Panda said 706 bullets
were seized during a search at Sonachura.CRPF and local police were
making door-to-door calls on villagers and talking to them to instil
confidence in an area that had been torn by violence and arson.
Bhangabera bridge has attained historical importance as it is on the
border between Nandigram and Khejuri is where the first spark of
violence erupted early January bteween CPI [M] cadre and inhabitants
of Nadigram ultimately  leading to the divide between the Bhumi Uchhed
Pratirodh  Committee and the CPI[M].
Mawkish signs of the division over land acquisition for a proposed SEZ
are persistent.Meadow has a look of torched and damaged houses are
visible, people who have chosen to stay on despite the mayhem are
frugal as the red hammer and sickle flags of the Marxists are
fluttering once again after the recapture of Nandigram. The measured
tread of boots as the CRPF personnel patrol is reassuring and the only
sign of the fragile peace since mid November there.
On January 6, three people of BUPC, Sk Selim, Bharat Mondal and a
student of class VIII, Biswajit Maity, were killed allegedly in firing
from the house of a CPI(M) leader Sankar Samanta. The rest is history
now.
Nearly 15,000 residents from nearby villages like Sonachura and
Garchakraberia burnt Samata"s house and he perished in the blaze.
Others in his panic-stricken family swam across the canal and reached
Khejuri-I, a CPI(M) stronghold. Shortly to follow them were another
400 families of Bhangabera.
“We could not even take clothes when I and my wife fled our home. When
we reached the other side of the canal, our party supporters gave us
shelter. If we had not found shelter, we would have been dead now,"
recounts Sankar"s brother Bhabani.
Eleven months later on November 10, the CPI(M) hit back by
“recapturing" Bhangabera, Sonachura and nearby areas.
Inputs from PTI