After the 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, a mob belonging to the Communist Party of India (CPM) attacked Gopal Patra, a leader of the Indian National Congress.
The case was filed at Amta police station and the arrested CPM men were released on bail.
[3] Anandabazar Patrika reports that the attacks were made with swords, rods and spear.
The accused killed Gopal Patra with swords and chopped off the breasts of one woman.
[4] In 2016, CPM leader Surjya Kanta Mishra mentioned that hand chopping was wrong, after CPM and Congress formed a political alliance against Trinamool Congress during the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.