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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) paid homage to the 9 people, who were changeable dormant astatine Netai colony successful Jhargram territory 15 years ago.
In a station connected X, Ms. Banerjee expressed her “humble respects and salutations” to those who mislaid their lives successful the incidental of firing, carried retired by equipped vigilantes, allegedly sheltered by the then-ruling CPI(M).
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“On this time successful 2011, 9 guiltless radical mislaid their lives successful Netai village, Jhargram district, astatine the hands of the Harmad Bahini. I connection my heartfelt tribute to each those martyrs of Netai,” the Chief Minister said.
The village, bordering the erstwhile Maoist hotbed Lalgarh successful Binpur artifact and falling nether the Jhargram Lok Sabha seat, caught nationalist attraction erstwhile equipped vigilantes, allegedly sheltered by the then-ruling CPI(M), opened occurrence connected villagers, sidesplitting 4 women and 5 men too injuring 28 others connected January 7, 2011.
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The slaughter was a fallout of locals resisting demands and alleged tortures of the equipped men who had taken structure wrong the location of a section CPI(M) leader, ostensibly to combat the Maoists who had sizeable sway successful the portion during the period.
The incidental had triggered wide outrage crossed West Bengal and became a large governmental contented up of the 2011 Assembly elections.
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The lawsuit was handed implicit to the Central Bureau of Investigation, which probed the circumstances starring to the firing and the alleged relation of equipped groups successful the area. Every year, governmental leaders and section residents observe the time to retrieve those who were killed successful the incident.
