A collective of four civil rights organisations on Friday released a fact finding report on Sandeshkhali violence and demanded that the lands which have been forcibly taken from the villagers be returned and made cultivable at the expense of the State government. Sandeshkhali, a block in Sundarban and under the administrative control of North 24 Parganas district was on the boil over past several weeks over allegations of sexual assault.
“In the last three years, the frequency of transformation of illegally encroached lands into poultry farms and Bheri has increased manyfold. The money was given for the first year but the villagers whose lands were illegally taken, did not get the land lease money for the next two years. When they came to ask for payment of the due money, they were beaten,” the publication said.
