After the discovery of graves at Bidyapit village at Khejuri and Talpati canal, another grave was found on Monday near the former Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee stronghold of Maheshpur in Nandigram, the police said.

"We found a new grave at Parulbari village near Maheshpur today. The police and Central Reserve Police Force have cordoned off the area," Superintendent of Police, Midnapore (East) Satyeswar Panda said.

"This is a freshly dug grave. We cannot dig it unless we get court orders," Panda said.

On December 5, CRPF had found five graves from Bidyapith village in the Communist Party of India-Marxist stronghold of Khejuri from where charred human bones and skulls were dug out the next day.

The remains were sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory for examination.

The CBI had recovered more bones from another grave at Talpati canal at Bhangabera in Nandigram around the same time.