Nandigram firing: Application in SC for placing CBI report

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) An application was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking placing of CBI report before it relating to the probe into the last year's Nandigram firing incident in West Bengal in which 14 persons were killed. The application filed by advocate Kedar Nath Yadav, on whose petition the Calcutta High Court had ordered the CBI probe, sought action based on the report of the investigating agency against individuals or public authority, who were allegedly behind the March 14 2007 firing. The advocate said the report was filed by the agency before the High Court on February 15 and has not been made available to the contesting parties. The application said to restore the faith of people in judiciary it was necessary to produce the CBI report before the apex court so that necessary directions could be passed for the investigating agency. The apex court on December 13 last had restrained CBI from initiating criminal proceedings in court against police officials for the Nandigram firing till further order. The state Government has challenged the High Court order indicting it for "unjustified" firing on innocent people in Nandigram and direction for paying a uniform compensation of Rs five lakh to each of the 14 persons killed and Rs two lakh and Rs one lakh to those raped and injured in the firing. The CBI on February 15 had submitted its second report to the High Court. The preliminary report was submitted on December 17 last year. Immediately after the police action on March 14 last year, the High Court had asked the CBI to enquire as to what prompted the police to open fire when thousands of villagers had gathered to protest against attempts by the police to enter Nandigram. PTI

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