"Killing Fields" Of West Bengal

Brut India

Political murders in West Bengal go back decades, but the grief never lessens. The mothers of a TMC worker and a BJP worker killed in the run-up to elections describe their torment.

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00:00I don't have a teacher for the rest of my life, how can I send my son back to school?

00:18We want to see why they killed him.

00:22My son has lost his eyes, nose and mouth.

00:52I have seen a lot of mothers and fathers, but they don't tell me anything.

01:08My son is the only one who parties.

01:11Everyone has left.

01:13The shoes are gone.

01:14The leader is gone.

01:15Everyone is gone.

01:16He has left.

01:17He has no one to represent him.

01:37I was the only one left.

01:39I was doing all the work.

01:41Then Pushpan left.

01:44I didn't see him again.

01:46He was fine when he left.

01:49He does BJP.

01:50He does Jai Sriram.

01:52He is like his mothers.

01:54Some people are respected, others are not.

01:57I don't know who his enemies are.

02:00He has become an enemy of the party.

02:13He has become an enemy of the party.

02:43If politics is not a good thing, then stay away from it.

02:59He said, we didn't do anything, so why should we be afraid?

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