Kolkata: Social activist Medha Patkar left for Nandigram in West Bengal on Friday to address people resisting land acquisition for a special economic zone (SEZ).
Patkar was freed on bail on Thursday after she was arrested a day earlier for trying to visit Singur, the focal point of mass protests against a car project.
The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader also filed a petition against the West Bengal Police for her arrest besides a defamation suit against Left Front leader Biman Bose for linking her to the Nandigram flare up.
Medha Patkar, produced in Alipore police court on Thursday, was released on unconditional bail.
Even as no untoward incident has been reported from Nandigram for the past two days, after days of clashes and deaths, the situation remained tense in the area where an all-party meeting on peace efforts had failed on Thursday.
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