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NDTV Correspondent

Sunday, March 18, 2007 (Nandigram):


The CBI found a CPM flag, several CPM leaflets, a handdrawn map of the Sonachura area and six helmets similar to those worn by the police in Nandigram.

These were among the seizures made by the CBI during the arrest of ten persons on Saturday at Khejuri area.

The CPM has so far denied any connection with those arrested but the seizures point increasingly to some party workers being involved in the police firing of March 14.

East Midnapore's Superintendent of Police G A Srinivas said 14 improvised firearms, 500 rounds of assorted ammunition, binoculars and cellphones were seized by the CBI team from a brick kiln.

Earlier on Saturday, CBI sleuths from Delhi accompanied by local officers and forensic experts inspected several areas at Gokulnagar village near Nandigram.

They also dug up the earth at some places to ascertain whether arms and bodies had been buried there as was claimed by local people.

The CBI team had also visited Sonachura village and collected evidence on Saturday. The team began probing the police firing in Nandigram, which has witnessed protests against the acquisition of land for a SEZ. (With PTI inputs)