The Bharatiya Janata Party has lashed out on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, after a video went viral displaying a bunch of sadhus (seers) being purportedly thrashed by a mob within the Purulia district. The TMC didn’t instantly reply to the allegations.
A gaggle of sadhus being purportedly stripped and assaulted by a mob in Bengal’s Purulia district.
“Shame on Mamata Banerjee’s deafening silence! Are these Hindu Sadhus not worthy of your acknowledgment? The atrocity demands accountability,” the BJP West Bengal wrote on social media X (formally Twitter) whereas commenting on a video posted by the get together’s IT cell head Amit Malviya on Friday.
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In the 30-second viral footage, a bunch of sadhus are purportedly seen being stripped and assaulted by a mob.
HT couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the video.
Equating the incident with the 2020 Palghar mob lynching, Amit Malviya, wrote, “Absolutely shocking incident reported from Purulia in West Bengal… Sadhus travelling to Gangasagar for Makar Sankranti were stripped and beaten by criminals affiliated with the ruling TMC.”
Claiming that it was a criminal offense to be Hindu in West Bengal, the BJP chief added, “In Mamata Banerjee’s regime, a terrorist like Shahjahan Sheikh gets state protection and sadhus are being lynched.”
Meanwhile, BJP Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar additionally hit out on the Mamata Banerjee authorities over the assault.
“Shocking incident from Purulia; Sadhus en path to Gangasagar had been stripped and overwhelmed by criminals linked to TMC, echoing the Palghar tragedy. Under @MamataOfficial’s rule, a terrorist like Shahjahan will get state safety whereas sadhus face violence. Being Hindu is a criminal offense in WB.
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee stated she was “outraged by the Purulia incident”. Taking to X, she wrote, “Sadhus en route to Gangasagar brutally attacked—shocking evidence of deteriorating safety under TMC. Mamata’s regime shields terrorists like Shahjahan Sheikh, while sadhus face brutal lynching. A grim reality for Hindus in Bengal. #SaveBengal.”
Who is Shahjahan Sheikh?
Shahjahan Sheikh is a TMC strongman and an area panchayat chief has been reportedly absconding for the reason that assault on a workforce of the Enforcement Directorate within the North 24 Parganas district of Bengal earlier this month when the officers throughout raids carried out in reference to the alleged ration rip-off within the state.
The ED sleuths reached the world to conduct raids on the properties of Shahjahan Sheikh and one other native TMC chief Shankar Adhya has come underneath assault from unidentified individuals, with some officers being heckled and assaulted and their automobiles vandalised. At least three ED officers sustained accidents within the incident.
On Friday, the ED resumed its raids and searched the residences of state fireplace and emergency companies minister Sujit Bose, TMC MLA Tapas Roy and one other TMC chief in reference to the alleged irregularities in civic physique recruitments.
2020 Palghar mob lynching
On April 16, 2020, a vigilante group lynched two sadhus in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after allegedly suspecting them to be little one kidnappers and organ harvesters. The sadhus had been driving to a funeral in Surat when a bunch of villagers in Gadchinchle, a tribal village in Palghar, stopped their automobile and attacked them with stones, logs and axes. More than 100 individuals had been arrested in reference to the incident.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
