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We killed Kishanji: Mamata nephew's embarrassing statement
Kolkata, Jul 18(IBNS) In a big embarrassment for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee her nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has claimed that Maoist leader Kishanji was killed at the behest of the Trinamool Congress government.
His sensational statement is set to open the lid of allegations that the extremist leader was gunned down in a staged encounter on November 24, 2011 soon after Mamata Banerjee came to power.
"One of the biggest success of Mamata government is that we have killed Kishanji. That is because if any one lifts arms for violence he shall be treated this way. One should only lift arms for the protection of one's own country" Banerjee said, while speaking at a public meeting in Belpahari in West Midnapore.
The area was the heartland of Maoist activities led by Kishanji who during the previous CPI(M)-led regime had declared in public the Maoist support to Banerjee, then an opposition leader, capturing the state power.
The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) formed in West Bengal's Jangalmahal area with the direct backing of Maoists had also received Banerjee's sympathy as she met leaders of the organisation during her anti-government campaign that ultimately brought the Trinamool leader to power in 2011.
After Kishanji's killing Banerjee has always maintained that he was shot dead in an encounter with police.
Suchitra Mahato, who was said to be accompanying Kishanji during the "encounter" joined the Trinamool Congress months later as did several other PCPA leaders who once were close associates of Kishanji.
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