"In the month of January 1950 a Police Officer along with a few constables and Santal (Tribals) peasants were killed in a clash in Nachole in Rajshahi district in connection with Tebbaga Andolan (three-parts movement, for allotting two-thirds of land produce to the tenant, one third to the owner]. Immediately after that, Armed Police and army operation was stated there. Village after village was indiscriminately burnt down, peasants were beaten and tortured mercilessly. They created a reign of terror by free looting, and raping of the Santal women went at will. 24 Santal peasants succumbed to death due to police torture inside Nachole Police Station, Innumerable peasants were killed in Nawabganj and Rajshahi Jails. One of the notable leaders of the movement, Ila Mitra, was brutally tortured in various ways including rape. The pervasive and multi-directional torturing compelled several Santal peasants to emigrate to West Bengal."