TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen, who is part of one of the teams, said many people including party workers were forced to flee as their houses were vandalised and offices attacked.
While the authors did not blame the USAID cuts for the increase in violence, they said the findings demonstrate that "large-scale, sudden aid cuts can destabilize fragile settings."
Mamata alleged that the police remained passive during the series of violent incidents in West Bengal, following the announcement of the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections.
The Goghat unit of the BJP said none of its workers was involved, and panchayat worker was either killed due to personal enmity or by his own rival party faction.