Aborigine families this correspondent talked to at Bhimpur said they are anxious of their existence in the face of 'death threats' by local landlords. Seven families including those of Shreemonto Hembrom, Komol Soren and Anil Soren have already left the village out of fear.

Komol Soren, Alfred's brother and plaintiff of the Alfred murder case, said he had fled away to Tanore in Rajshahi following threats by Alfred's killers after the Bhimpur police outpost was withdrawn in April, 2003, allegedly under pressure.

A group of journalists visited Bhimpur on august 18, where different NGOs observed Alfred's death anniversary through different programmes. Despite these programmes, the aborigine families were seek panic-stricken.

It was reported earlier that nearly 200 musclemen of local landlords killed Alfred on August 18, 2000 with a view to for evicting 22 aborigine families from the village. But the killing sparked countrywide protests, forcing the then government to declare that the disputed lands belonged to aborigines.

Four years have passed but the Alfred murder case is still under trial and his family is yet to get the right to live on their land, forcibly captured by local influential persons.

Alfred's brothers has already left the village and other family members are planing to leave their ancestral village forever.

National Aborigine Council General Secretary Rabindranath Soren told newsmen that the government should immediately return 250 bighas of aborigines' lands captured by local landlords over the years.

Meanwhile, Broti, a Dhaka-based NGO, has prepared a research paper on the state of aborigine families since Soren's death.

"A copy of the research paper was also given to the government for necessary action", said Dr Mohiuddin Ahmed, chief of Broti's research programme.