Chhoto Angaria massacre was a case of allegedly burning alive of 11
Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...
supporters on 4 January 2001 by alleged
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...
(CPI(M)) workers in
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
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
Nandigram is a census town in the Nandigram I Community development block, Community Development Block of the Haldia subdivision in the Purba Medinipur district of the India, Indian state of West Bengal.
In 2007, the West Bengal government all ...
.
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Conflicts in 2001
2001 in India
Mass murder in 2001
Crime in West Bengal
2000s in West Bengal
Massacres in India
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