The killings were witnessed by thousands of people. Bijon Setu 1982 : Signature of violence from Activist Canvas on Vimeo. This documentary made 29 years later, looks back at the shocking incident the took place in front of crowds of people but none spoke out in fear of the CPI(M) which had absolute power. KIM DAVY, the Purulia arms drop accused is a false person, using a birth-certificate of one Australian child who died long ago. recent Ananda Marga scholarship now assumes the mob was motivated by unfounded allegations of child kidnapping. [5]:257, The National Human Rights Commission took up the investigation of the case in 1996 but did not make much headway, allegedly due to interference from the state government at the time. Allegedly, a mob was stirred up by Communist activists, making unfounded claims of child kidnapping.

Neither Crovetto nor Sil give any credence whatsoever to the accusations. [3]:15 Sil describes how members of Ananda Marga had engaged in many acts of violence (including murders of members leaving the group), media coverage and government response made the group out to be far more violent than it actually was.


[13] A single-member judicial commission to investigate the killings was finally empaneled in March 2012.[10]. [4], As part of its initial coverage, The Statesman Weekly reported the state's Chief Minister's suspicious that the attack had been staged to embarrass the party in power prior to the upcoming election. Yet, till date, there has not been a single arrest in connection to the incident. Bijan Setu, Ekdalia, Ballygunge Locality Map. [13] A single-member judicial commission to investigate the killings was finally empaneled in March 2012. This boy was transferred to Varanasi center of Anandmarg and the boy escaped from there. Even we are unaware of any action being taken, although the present government made several references about bringing to book the culprits, backed by the earlier ruling party. [10], From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. [10] On April 30, 1999 the Ananda Marga Pracharaka Samgha (AMPS) demanded a high-level judicial probe into the mass killing of Ananda Margis. [5]:257 While this accusation was repeated for many years,[6][7] [Note 1], Historian Helen Crovetto further develops this line of thought, noting that the social services provided by the Ananda Marga may have made them more vulnerable to such an accusation. ( Log Out /  Hakim added that the authorities would look for a date in January to close …

We shall send you the directors email-id, in case you wish to ask him anything. The Minister of State for Home Affairs was quoted to the effect that the police reaction could have been improved but then went on to reassure members of Parliament that "the Government was watching the activities of the Marg [Ananda Marga members]".
After repeated calls for a formal judicial investigation, a single-member judicial commission was set up to investigate the killings in 2012. Despite the attacks being carried out in broad daylight, no arrests were ever made.