The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday submitted its second report to the Calcutta High Court on the March 14, 2007 police firing at Nandigram, which claimed 14 lives.
Before a division bench comprising Chief Justice S S Nijjar and Justice Pinaki Chandra, CBI counsel Ranjan Roy submitted that the agency be allowed to submit the report though the matter was not listed for the day.
The bench then directed the CBI to submit the report to Registrar Council Shyamal Kanti Chakrabarty. The division bench would go through the report and fix the next date of hearing, sources said.
The CBI had submitted its preliminary report to the High Court on December 17 last year. The court, after going through the preliminary report, had directed the CBI to submit its report by today.
On November 18 last year, the high court had indicted the West Bengal government for firing on innocent people in Nandigarm, terming it unconstitutional and unjustifiable. The high court had directed the administration to compensate the families of each of the 14 victims with Rs five lakh.
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.
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