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#TodayinHistory 16 sadhus and a sadhvi of Ananda Marg are lynched and burnt alive in broad daylight by Leftist goons in Kolkata in 1982. The Bijon Setu massacre was one of the worst instances of Leftist terror during it's reign. #LestWeForgetIndia
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The 16 Sadhus and one sadhvi were dragged out of their cabs when they were enroute to a conference at Bijon Sethu, Ballygunge, Kolkata. They were lynched to death by the Leftist goons, set on fire all in full public view.
The media, especially the Statesman, tried to whitewash the incident saying the Ananda Margi Sadhus were beaten up by a mob on the suspicion that they were child lifters, sounds very similiar to what happened in Palghar.
None of the Leftist goons involved in the Bijon Sethu massacre was arrested, and an enquiry comission was set up in 2012, a good 30 years after the incident. Ananda Margis have been holding a rally every year since 2004 demanding justice for this massacre. ImageImageImage
A documentary has been made on this massacre.
vimeo.com/23911894?embed…
Also there is this article on Jstor about Ananda Margis that covers the Bijon Sethu massacre. You can download and read it.
jstor.org/stable/10.1525…

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