But Bakhtar's septuagenarian mother Kulsum looks lost. Dressed in a saree, the tall and frail septuagenarian, who lives in a hut close to the ravaged house, breaks into tears whenever Bakhtar's name is mentioned. Partly deaf, and suffering from bronchitis, she has not seen her son for months. The doctor has said that I will not live long. The village has no electricity.
Drinking water is also hard to come by.
The village well has dried up and the water of two shallow tubewells is not fit for consumption. The CBI, which has been entrusted on March 30 by the Calcutta High Court with the inquiry into the alleged carnage, visited the village twice on April 22 and April 27. They came without notice for the first time and could speak to the villagers. The havildar said that the investigators had taken away samples of earth, burnt remains of Bakhtar's house, and also examined the bullet marks on its walls. It is only because of this camp that people are feeling secure.