Kolkata: A day after West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee took the blame for the police firing in Nandigram, the state government on Monday ordered the shifting of police camps from the trouble-torn area.
The CPM- led Left Front had on Saturday decided to immediately stop land acquisition at Nandigram.
The shifting of police camps has already begun at Sonachura and Adhikarypara, the two trouble spots in Nandigram block-I, where the police had opened fire on March 14.
The government has already ordered a high-level probe to ascertain whether outsiders also fired along with the police.
The Nandigram episode had sparked off a crisis in the three-decade-old Left Front after Front partners CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP threatened to pull out over the police action.
On Monday, Home Secretary PR Roy told journalists that the police camp from Sonachura would be shifted to Bhangaberia, while another camp located at Adhikarypara would be moved to Tekhali.
All the areas fall under Nandigram block-I. The exercise would be completed by tomorrow, he said.
He said an enquiry has been order by a divisional commissioner-level officer to determine whether outsiders were involved in the firing on the villagers and under what circumstances did the police open fire.
He said the state government would not order a judicial probe since a CBI enquiry was already under way. Fourteen persons were killed in the police firing.
Opposition parties, including Trinamool Congress, have alleged that outsiders fired on villagers at Nandigram on that day. Following pressure by CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc, the Left Front at a meeting on Saturday, had decided that police would be withdrawn from Nandigram in phases.
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