Nandigram: Calcutta High Court orders CBI inquiry

Kolkata, Mar 15: Calcutta High Court today directed the Criminal Bureau of Investigation to send a team to inquire into the Nandigram police firing that killed 14 people and left over 40 injured.

A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar took up the case suo moto and issued a ruling, saying that no one could imagine such an incident in a democracy.

The court directed the CBI to submit its reoprt within seven days.

The National Alliance for People's Movement, an organisation fighting for people's rights, also sent a letter to the High Court Chief Justice expressing grave concern over the incident.

The organisation urged the Chief Justice to take necessary measure to reveal what had forced rpt forced the administration to take such steps that cost so many lives.

UNI