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'''Bijon Setu massacre''' ({{lang-bn|বিজন সেতু হত্যাকান্ড}}) refers to the killing and burning of | '''Bijon Setu massacre''' ({{lang-bn|বিজন সেতু হত্যাকান্ড}}) refers to the killing and burning of 17 persons, including 1 nun and 14 monks, belonging to [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]] at Bijon Setu, [[Calcutta]] in [[West Bengal]], India on April 30, 1982. Despite the attacks being carried out in broad daylight, no arrests were ever made. After repeated calls for a formal judicial investigation, a single-member judicial commission was set up to investigate the killings in 2012. | ||
==Incident== | ==Incident== | ||
On the morning of April 30, 1982, | On the morning of April 30, 1982, 17 [[Ananda Marga]] members 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.<ref name="Basu">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970502/12250433.html|title=Basu Govt still suppressing facts on Margi massacre|last=Namboodiri|first=Udayan|date=1997-05-02|work=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref> | ||
== List of assassinated people == | == List of assassinated people == | ||