Nandigram violence

Kolkata violence was pre-planned: CopsWednesday's violence in Kolkata was a well-orchestrated move with a clear planning of how the events would unfold. Police knew the demonstration was to be held at Esplanade, in front of KC Das' shop, and the seven-point crossing at Park Circus.
There were no demonstrators present at Esplanade. Instead, the script unfolded in the lanes and bylanes of east and central Kolkata where cops were handicapped. They couldn't venture inside the lanes for the fear of getting trapped. Moreover, the attacks were made in such a manner that police would have no other option but to open fire.
After the Calcutta High Court's strictures on the Rizwanur Rehman episode and Nandigram, police are already on the backfoot. For them, opening fire would have been a costly option. The state administration, too, is on the backfoot and wouldn't have preferred a direct action.
Those behind the attack had thought out all these. Otherwise, how does one explain the quick action on Ripon Street, Entally and even Moulali within minutes after cops removed the blockade at Park Circus. Cops were attacked from streets and rooftops, indicating the involvement of a larger mass.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti, too, sees a deliberate conspiracy behind the violence. "The violence was pre-planned. It was an organised crime. Cops were asked to show restraint because of the sensitivity of the matter. But it was an undeclared assault by the mob."
There were no faces that attacked cops. Leaders who had called the agitation were nowhere to be seen. It was mainly a massive group of youngsters who fought cops, attacked innocent citizen and terrorised kids.
Police requested some of the leaders to take control of the mob that put up blockades and damaged buses. But, by then, the mob had gone out of hand. "I tried to speak to them. They said Taslima must go back. I told them their message would reach the top echelons of the administration. But they were not paying heed to any logic. They didn't know what they wanted do," said additional commissioner Subrata Narayan Sarkar.
But there can be no denial of the fact that the cops didn't have a clue about the plan to fuel tension in these areas.
Cops, however, claimed that they were not unaware of the plan to storm the city. Officers said there mobilisation of forces from different police stations were adequate. "But we could not anticipate the magnitude of the situation," said a senior officer. Police also had to battle rumours that flew thick and fast, throughout the day - the most damaging being the ones on 'reports' of deaths in police firing. "As these rumours grew, the mob swelled," an officer said