1982 Bijon Setu massacre (Bengali: বিজন সেতু হত্যাকান্ড) refers to the killing and burning of 16 monks and a nun belonging to Ananda Marga at Bijon Setu, Calcutta in West Bengal, India on April 30, 1982. No culprits were arrested for the incident. It is suspected that this act was carried out by the Communist Party of India(M) which was in power at that time.
On the morning of April 30, 1982, a nun and 16 Ananda Marga monks were dragged out of t...
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1982 Bijon Setu massacre (Bengali: বিজন সেতু হত্যাকান্ড) refers to the killing and burning of 16 monks and a nun belonging to Ananda Marga at Bijon Setu, Calcutta in West Bengal, India on April 30, 1982. No culprits were arrested for the incident. It is suspected that this act was carried out by the Communist Party of India(M) which was in power at that time.
On the morning of April 30, 1982, a nun and 16 Ananda Marga monks were dragged out of taxis that were taking them to an educational conference at their headquarters in Tiljala in Kolkata's southern suburbs. At three spots simultaneously, they were beaten to death and then set on fire. The killings were witnessed by thousands of people. However, not a single arrest has been made to date.
National Human Rights Commission took up the investigation of case in 1996 however due to non-coperation from the marxist government of West Bengal it has not made any headway.
On April 30, 1999 the Ananda Marga Pracharaka Samgha (AMPS) demanded...
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