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SURI: A clash between farmers and policemen at the site of a mining project in Birbhum left 37 people injured on Tuesday and conjured up images of Nandigram, opening a new frontier in Bengal's bloody land battles.





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<em>SURI:</em> A clash between farmers and policemen at the site of a mining project in Birbhum left 37 people injured on Tuesday and conjured up images of Nandigram, opening a new frontier in Bengal's bloody land battles.
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The protesters alleged police opened fire when they refused to let them take away earth-moving equipment brought in by a coal mining company. The equipment was stranded at the site after work was stalled last year by protesters. At least 10 villagers and 27 policemen were injured in the clash, which took place at the break of dawn, in Loba Village, about 161km from Kolkata.
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State home secretary Basudeb Banerjee dismissed the allegations of police firing. &quot;Police didn't open fire. Agitators attacked policemen with bows and arrows and bombs,&quot; he said. The home secretary evaded questions on how police managed the mob.
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37 hurt as cops, farmers clash at Bengal mining project site

-The Times of India SURI: A clash between farmers and policemen at the site of a mining project in Birbhum left 37 people injured on Tuesday and conjured up images of Nandigram, opening a new frontier in Bengal's bloody land battles. The protesters alleged police opened fire when they refused to let them take away earth-moving equipment brought in by a coal mining company. The equipment was stranded at the site after work was stalled last year by protesters. At least 10 villagers and 27 policemen were injured in the clash, which took place at the break of dawn, in Loba Village, about 161km from Kolkata. State home secretary Basudeb Banerjee dismissed the allegations of police firing. "Police didn't open fire. Agitators attacked policemen with bows and arrows and bombs," he said. The home secretary evaded questions on how police managed the mob. Birbhum SP Hrishikesh Meena was sent on compulsory waiting and Murlidhar Sharma, DC (DD-special) Kolkata Police, was given the charge. State officials said there were complaints against Meena even before Tuesday's clash. "Police did open fire. I don't know why they (police) had to do so," said Joydeep Majumdar of the Krishi Jami O Jibika Raksha Committee, who is also one of the land-owners. Initial reports from Suri hospital appeared to corroborate his claim. Sources said at least three villagers, Purnima Dom, Jiban Bagdi and Gautam Ghosh, had bullet injuries — Purnima on her right leg, Bagdi on his right hip and Gautam on his belly. As the government and protesters traded charges, the standoff gave ammunition to the opposition against Mamata Banerjee, with the Left Front calling for a thorough investigation and the Congress demanding a CBI probe. "Local Trinamool Congress activists were part of the land stir when Mamata was in opposition. They have distanced themselves from the stir after she became CM," said PDS leader Anuradha Putatunda, who has been in the area since protests began in 2010. Coal mining company DVC-Emta had approached the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government to acquire the 2,321 acres of land it had indentified in the area after a survey indicated a potential coal wealth of 196 lakh tonnes. But it was asked to buy land directly from farmers. It subsequently bought 728 acres from farmers scattered over nine mouzas, including Loba. However, some farmers were not willing to give up their land. "We were not consulted while fixing land prices. We want compensation, plus a proper rehabilitation package," said Majumdar. The standoff reached a flashpoint in December 2011 when the company brought in the earth-moving equipment. "It began work on land it had not purchased," Majumdar said. "The SP confirmed this in his report. Unwilling landlosers protested. They staged a dharna, stopping all operations," Majumdar said. Earlier this year, state industries minister Partha Chatterjee visited the area and held talks with the agitators. However, the issue was put on the back-burner. Unable to start work, DVC-Emta then approached a Birbhum court to get back its stranded machinery. Following the court's directive, a large police force reached Loba around 4am on Tuesday to retrieve the equipment. Initially, they outnumbered the agitators, who were keeping a watch from a make-shift office of farmer's forum. As word spread, villagers from neighbouring areas trooped in and confronted the cops. Police lathicharged the mob, but the villagers retaliated with brickbatting. Some of them attacked the cops with bows and arrows. Police claim to have subsequently used teargas shells, but protesters said they opened fire.