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1993 Kolkata firing was firing by Kolkata Police in 1993 on Indian National Congress workers. The State Youth Congress led by Mamata Banerjee had organised a protest march to Writers Building on 21 July 1993 against then communist government of the state demanding photo voter identity cards be made mandatory to ensure fair elections. The Police fired on the protesters killing 13 people and injuring many others. The Trinamool Congress on assuming power in 2011 constituted one-man commission of Justice (retired) Sushanto Chattopadhyay, a former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court to investigate the incident.〔 ==The Incident== The communist Left Front had won the previous 1991 state elections in West Bengal with a large mandate, however the opposition parties had alleged electoral fraud.〔 The incident took place on 21 July 1993, when Mamata Banerjee, then state President of Indian Youth Congress, the youth wing of the Indian National Congress in West Bengal, organised a protest march to Writers' Building, then the seat of then communist-led Government of West Bengal. They demanded voter photo-ID cards be made mandatory to ensure free and fair polling. However, around 11 a.m., one kilometre before the building, they were intervened by the state police, near Metro cinema on Mayo Road and Dorina Road crossing at Esplanade. The police fired at them, resulting in the death of 13 people and several injuries. According to Tushar Talukdar, city police commissioner at the time, in anticipation of the protest march, police contingents were deployed near Writers' Building and Raj Bhavan (Governor's residence). Also a Prohibitory Order under Section 144 of CrPC was enforced beyond Mayo Road crossing. The group led by Mamta Banerjee was stopped near the Tea Board office on B.T.M. Sarani (Brabourne Road), while the another group near Mayo Road crossing allegedly went out of control. At the press conference after the incident, Talukdar had claimed that he was unaware of the firing.〔 When questioned by journalists, regarding why a junior officer had apparently ordered the firing without his consent, and why the cops violating the set norms, chose to fire at the torso of protestors instead of the legs, Talukdar said the police "will inquire into it".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1993 Kolkata firing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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