1991 Kandua hand-chopping

Terrorist incident in India After the 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, a mob belonging to the Communist Party of India (CPM) attacked Gopal Patra, a leader of the Indian National Congress. The CPM members chopped off his hands and legs and ripped off the breasts of two women.Cries from 20 years ago deafen Kandua http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Cries-from-20-years-ago-deafen-Kandua/articleshow/8130722.cms Times of India May 1, 2011 The mob chopped off the hands of seven villagers who voted for Congress. The case was filed at Amta police station and the arrested CPM men were released on bail.For them, election day marked a new beginning http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/for-them-election-day-marked-a-new-beginning/story-UxvJiyjcEzwOaXpWE2cYuK.html www.hindustantimes.com Hinduustan Times The victims allege that their hands were chopped off for supporting Congress, but they were neglected by the Congress party.Hands cut, now ignored https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100917/jsp/bengal/story_12946727.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20100921015014/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100917/jsp/bengal/story_12946727.jsp dead September 21, 2010 Calcutta Telegraph September 17, 2010 Anandabazar Patrika reports that the attacks were made with swords, rods and spear. 119 people were named in FIR. The accused killed Gopal Patra with swords and chopped off the breasts of one woman. Then they burned 100 huts in the village.আমতার গ্রামে হামলার ঘটনায় শুনানি শুরু http://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1120802/2hgly2.html Anandabazar Patrika 2017-01-22 2017-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010003/http://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1120802/2hgly2.html dead In 2016, CPM leader Surjya Kanta Mishra mentioned that hand chopping was wrong, after CPM and Congress formed a political alliance against Trinamool Congress during the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.কেন্দুয়ায় কব্জি কাটা ভুল। ভোটের টানে সূর্যের বোধোদয় http://ebela.in/state/suryakanta-mishra-apologies-for-kendua-case-1.345245 Ebela References External links Victim picture Category:Electoral violence in India Category:Political history of West Bengal Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1991 Category:Dismemberments Category:Sword attacks in India Category:Mass stabbings in India Category:Stabbing attacks in 1991 Category:1990s in West Bengal Category:Crime in West Bengal Category:Communist terrorist incidents in India