[2] According to Major R. Rajamani, the commander of the Indian army contingent that arrived on 9 June, the My Lai massacre was not even half as gruesome as in Mandwi.

The Bengalis who stayed deep in the tribal pockets felt intimidated and started to leave for safety.

Shankar Narayan, the District Magistrate of West Tripura was intimated by that time and he asked BDO of Jirania to provide the refugees chira and gur.

In the meantime Sharma received reports that the situation had turned grave in Champaknagar and the rioters were committing arson on the Bengali villages in the foothills of (Baramura) Hatai Kotor.

[citation needed] On 8 June, at 3:00 a.m., Satyendra Chakraborty, the LAMPS manager of Mandwi and Sachindra Saha, a CPI(M) leader reported at the B.D.O.

By the time they reached Mandwi all the houses and huts were reduced to ashes, except the LAMPS building.

On 8 July 1980, the Ministry of Home Affairs set up the Dinesh Singh Committee to investigate into the Mandwi massacre.