Sainbari incident

The Sainbari incident[1] occurred in 1970 in the house of Sain family in Bardhaman in West Bengal in India, where several people were allegedly killed by members of the CPI(M).[2][3]

Incident

A newspaper report puts the date of the incident as 17 March 1970. The Sain brothers were members of a family with strong allegiance towards the Indian National Congress. Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, had visited the house in the heart of Bardhaman town to console the bereaved.[4]

References
  1. Avantika (17 March 2019). "Almost 50 years ago, this day, a mother was fed rice smeared with her sons' blood – Sainbari Killings". in.news.yahoo.com. Yahoo India. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. "The Statesman". Archived from the original on 27 December 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
  3. Roy, Saugata (15 November 2007). "CPM's violent past rears its ugly head again". Times of India, 15 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  4. "Sainbari survivors despair of getting justice". The Statesman, 5 May 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
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