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<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Anand Margis procession - 30th April, 2005.JPG|thumb|right|A rally of Anand Margis at Calcutta held on April 30, 2005 to commemorate the Bijon Setu massacre of 1982]] --> | <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Anand Margis procession - 30th April, 2005.JPG|thumb|right|A rally of Anand Margis at Calcutta held on April 30, 2005 to commemorate the Bijon Setu massacre of 1982]] --> | ||
'''Bijon Setu massacre''' ({{lang-bn|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]], | '''Bijon Setu massacre''' ({{lang-bn|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. 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== | ||
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| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040428/asp/calcutta/story_3181577.asp | | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040428/asp/calcutta/story_3181577.asp | ||
| accessdate=2013-02-17 | | accessdate=2013-02-17 | ||
}}</ref> A single-member judicial commission to investigate the killings was finally empaneled in March 2012.<ref name=TheStatesman2012 | }}</ref> A single-member judicial commission to investigate the killings was finally empaneled in March 2012.<ref name="TheStatesman2012"/> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||