About 250 Girijans from several villages, armed with bows, arrows and…

The correct answer is Option (1) → They took possession of his hoarded paddy, rice and other food grains

Option (1) They took possession of his hoarded paddy, rice and other food grains — Correct. The raid at Pedagottili in 1968 ended with the Girijans taking the hoarded paddy, rice and other food grains of the landlord cum moneylender. They also seized his documents, as part of the guerrilla movement in the hill tracts.

Option (2) They occupied his land in the name of peasants' committees — Incorrect. Occupying land in the name of peasants' committees took place in the Siliguri subdivision (Naxalbari) in 1967. The Girijans' raid was about seizing the moneylender's hoarded grain.

Option (3) They passed a death sentence on the landlord cum moneylender — Incorrect. Death sentences on oppressive landlords were passed by the peasants' committees of the Naxalbari area in 1967. The hill-tract raid instead ended with the seizure of the moneylender's grain and documents.

Option (4) They set up a parallel administration to look after the village — Incorrect. A parallel administration to look after the villages was set up by the peasants' committees of Naxalbari in 1967. The Girijans' raid was a single armed action against one moneylender's hoard.