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Also, the death of Tapasi Malik, an 18-year-old girl who was a strong supporting member of the
“Save Farmland Committee,” sent shockwaves in the entire state. She was raped and burnt alive by
CPI (M) activist Debu Malik, who later confessed his crime of murdering the girl. Debu Malik said that
the murder was done on the orders of Suhrid Datta, the infl uential Singur zonal committee secretary of
CPI (M), who was then arrested.
There were claims by the farmers that the lands were taken forcibly from them and the compensa-
tion that was given to them was also inadequate. The farmers were given a compensation of about
Rs 8 lakh per acre of land and those farmers whose farms produced 3 ...