in november 2007, reports emerged that anti-sez (special economic zone) movements such as the bhoomi uchched pratirodh committee in nandigram in west bengal, which arose after the land appropriation and human displacement following the sez act of 2005, have joined forces with the naxalites since february to keep the police out. recently, police found weapons belonging to maoists near nandigram. civilians were forced to choose between joining the maoist insurgence or supporting the salwa judum and face coercion from both sides. according to news reports, this conflict resulted in 650 deaths during 2007; of these 240 were civilians, 218 security personnel and 192 militants.