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| Nandigram deadlock likely to end |
| A truce was reached on Thursday between CPI-M and anti-land acquisition activists at strife-torn Nandigram
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| INDIA
, 8-November-2007
9:15:7 AM |
| A truce was reached on Thursday between CPI-M and anti-land acquisition activists at strife-torn Nandigram even as the West Bengal government announced compensation for those who died in the March 14 police firing and violence.
Chief Secretary A K Deb said Rs two lakh would be paid to the families of each of the 14 killed.
No decision has, however, been taken about those injured in the incidents, he said.
Supporters of the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee agreed to refrain from violence and lay down arms after a meeting with CPI-M leaders.
Deb said both the groups reached an agreement that the administration would take action against anyone who used arms.
Deb, quoting a BUPC source, said the committee had no link with Maoists and anyone suspected of having ties with Naxalites would face action.
He also said that the BUPC's demand for withdrawal of cases lodged against those involved in the March 14 violence had been rejected.
''The government will take action if any case of indulging in violence on March 14 is proved on inquiry,'' he said.
Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee had earlier said that compensation would be paid to the families of the victims of the police firing.
Earlier on Thursday, Social activist Medha Patkar was assaulted allegedly by CPI(M) activists at Kapaseberia in East Midnapore district while on her way to Nandigram.
''There were CPI(M) men carrying red flags who blocked my car and some other vehicles which were going along with mine to Nandigram. I was hit on the face and they tried to pull my hair and was about to drag me out of the car,'' Patkar said over the phone from the spot.
Patkar said she and her associates squatted on the road in protest against the attack.
Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), West Bengal, Raj Kanojia said in Kolkata that one of the vehicles in Patkar's convoy was damaged.
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