By IANS
Kolkata : A week after five burial mounds were found and skeletal human remains unearthed in West Bengal’s Nandigram, another burial mound was found in the violence-scarred area Monday afternoon, sparking fresh tension.
The mound was found at Parulbari near Maheshpur in an area dominated by the Trinamul Congress-backed Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC).
“The grave-like structure was spotted at Parulbari area. Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have cordoned it off.” East Midnapore Superintendent of Police S.S. Panda told IANS.
He said the grave would be dug up Tuesday in the presence of the Haldia Judicial Magistrate.
Earlier, five burial mounds were found on the side of a road at Khejuri near Nandigram from which charred skeletal remains were unearthed.
The charred bones were later sent to Central Forensic Science Laboratory and will be sent for DNA tests, police said.
The West Bengal government has already ordered a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inquiry into last week’s incident.
A CID team, led by Inspector General of Police (CID)-II D.P. Tarania, visited the site where the burial mounds were found.
Nandigram, about 150 km from Kolkata in East Midnapore district, flared up in January over proposed land acquisition for a special economic zone (SEZ), including a chemical hub – a plan that was scrapped by the state government later in the face of stiff resistance.
Thirty-five people have died in violence-hit Nandigram since January. A fresh bout of violence broke out in November after ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist cadres allegedly recaptured their lost bases in the area by launching a massive onslaught on the rival anti-land acquisition BUPC.