Friday, February 15, 2008 (New Delhi)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted its report on the Nandigram firing to the Calcutta High Court on Friday.This is the investigating agency's second report to the Calcutta High Court on the March 14 police firing last year that left 14 people dead.The high court had asked the central agency to inquire into the situation that prompted the police to open fire when thousands of villagers had gathered to protest the police's forced attempt to enter Nandigram.Locals have been agitating against the state government's decision to acquire land for a chemical hub in Nandigram.The CPI(M) had alleged that outsiders were brought into Nandigram on March 14 to shore up the protests, which steadily gained momentum and led to the entire area becoming a killing field for 11 months.