West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that families of those killed in the 21 July 1993 police firing will be allowed to lodge fresh FIRs, with the state government extending full legal assistance.
Adhikari gave this assurance in the assembly on Monday while tabling the Commission of Inquiry report into the incident.
He also assured that the government would facilitate the process and implement the commission’s recommendations on compensation for the victims’ families.
Meanwhile families of those killed in the 21 July 1993 firing demanded legal action against former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the commission’s report was tabled in the Assembly on Monday.
শহিদ তর্পণের নামে রাজনৈতিক রুটি সেঁকে অনেকেই বিধায়ক, সাংসদ, মন্ত্রী ও মুখ্যমন্ত্রী হয়েছেন, কিন্তু শহিদ ও তাঁদের পরিবারের সদস্যদের এবং আহতদের মিলেছে শুধুই অবজ্ঞা।
এবার বিচারও হবে এবং মর্যাদাও দেওয়া হবে। আজ প্রারম্ভিক অংশ তুলে ধরলাম মাত্র, উপসংহার পর্যন্ত নিয়ে যাওয়ার অঙ্গীকার… pic.twitter.com/pe93WjsxPo— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) July 20, 2026
Speaking to The Statesman, Pinki Rai Sharma, daughter of slain Congress worker Srikanta Sharma said, “Mamata Banerjee deserves the harshest punishment. For 27 years, we trusted her and attended the 21 July programme believing we would get justice. Instead, we now realise we were standing on the same stage as those who concealed the truth.”
Srikanta’s widow, Renu Sharma, said she regretted attending the annual rally for years. “I feel ashamed. We will file an FIR. Even if I have to sacrifice my job, I want justice,” she said.
Bikash Banerjee, elder brother of Kalyan Banerjee, who was killed in the police firing, alleged the report tabled by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari exposed an alleged cover-up of the real culprits and accused Mamata Banerjee of betraying the victims’ families.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday tabled the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the 21 July firing incident in the West Bengal Assembly, alleging that the findings exposed serious inconsistencies in the handling of the case and the subsequent treatment of the victims’ families.