This violence went on to become ministers and MPs under The shock made the mother lose her mental balance and state from which she never recovered till her death a decade later.

Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, had visited the house in the heart of Bardhaman town to console the bereaved. The atrocity in itself was so huge that it eclipsed other acts of monstrosity that occurred on the 17th of March, 1970. Even those who are only remember the horror of a mother who was forced to eat rice smeared with the blood of her dead sons. Not many people are aware of the Sainbari incident. Two attackers mixed Pranab and Malay’s blood with rice and forced it into her mouth… She was taken to the hospital… she survived.' 'My mother-in-law, Mrignayana Devi, tried to stop the attackers but she was hit on her head. It all began at 7.30 am… people stared pelting stones on our house.

“My brothers-in-laws Pranab Kumar Sain and Malay Kumar Sain and Jitendranath Rai, a private tutor who had come to teach the kids, were hacked in front of my eyes. One of the daughter-in-laws of the family, Rekha Rani, now around 75 years old, recounted the horrors of the incident in an interview with Indian Express. Later, the mother of the Sain brothers was forced to eat rice smeared with the blood of her sons. Ī private tutor, Jitendranath Rai, who had come to teach the kids in the family was hacked to death as well. The entire incident was done by CPI(M) members, because of the family's support towards Indian National Congress and the victims' refusal to switch allegiance to the CPI(M). Naba Kumar Sain - the eldest son of the family -was allegedly blinded and his eyes gouged out while his younger brothers, Malay and Pranab were allegedly hacked to death in front of the watching family members, by the perpetrators. The Sain brothers were members of a family with strong allegiance towards the Indian National Congress. The newspaper incident report puts the date of the incident occurred on 17 March 1970. The Sainbari Murder occurred in 1970 in the house of Sain family in Bardhaman in West Bengal in India, where several people were killed. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (aka CPM or CPIM)

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