Chhoto Angaria massacre

Chhoto Angaria massacre was a case of allegedly burning alive of 11 Trinamool Congress supporters on 4 January 2001 by alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) workers in West Bengal state in India. The CBI found that the two CPI(M) leaders had been involved in the incident but failed to arrest them. The CBI had then filed chargesheets against the two but they were absconding. In the second week of November 2007, the two were arrested when they were leaving Nandigram.^[1][2][3]

Overall, 13 people were charged within a few months of the incident, but were acquitted in 2009. Five others went on the run, and one CPM cadre was arrested in 2011. As of 2013^[ref], no bodies have been discovered. In 2013, the chief witness in a 2008 hearing testified before a court in Midnapore that he had been forced to lie by CPM leaders after having his son's life threatened and named four CPM leaders as being responsible.^[4]

References

1. "Court frames charges against Chhoto Angaria case accused". Indian Express, 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
2. "Chhoto Angaria carnage: Accused taken to custody". Zee News, 5 December 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
3. "Chhoto Angaria case". The Statesman 14 November 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2009. ^{[dead link]}
4. "Chhoto Angaria witness speaks up". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2026.