Kolkata: Fresh prohibitory orders had been clamped in some pockets of West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which has been tense since final week over allegations of sexual harassment of village ladies and unlawful land grabbing by native Trinamool Congress leaders, police mentioned on Wednesday.
Women protest towards TMC chief Sheikh Shajahan in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali final week. (ANI)
This comes a day after the Calcutta excessive courtroom put aside orders underneath Section 144 CrPC (prohibiting the meeting of 4 or extra individuals in an space) imposed in Sandeshkhali
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“Prohibitory orders have been imposed in 19 pockets of seven villages of Sandeshkhali block-II since Tuesday night till February 19. The situation would be reviewed,” mentioned a senior IPS officer who requested to not be named.
Earlier, prohibitory orders had been clamped throughout Sandeshkhali on Friday night time. Some villages have been on the boil since Thursday. Hundreds of girls carrying sticks, brooms, and farming instruments blocked roads and demanded the arrest of TMC chief Sheikh Shahjahan and his two aides Uttam Sardar and Shibaparasd Hazra.
“Senior lady IPS officers of DIG level rank had been to the area on Tuesday to speak with the women villagers. This process would continue. Our main aim is to ensure the safety of the women and other villagers. We would request villagers to come to the administration if they have any kind of complaint,” Sumit Kumar, DIG of Barasat vary, instructed media individuals.
The Calcutta excessive courtroom, nevertheless, mentioned on Tuesday that no materials was positioned earlier than it to elucidate why all the Sandeshkhali police station space ought to be underneath prohibitory orders. A bench of Justice Jay Sengupta quashed the sooner order.
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Late on Tuesday night time the district administration imposed recent prohibitory orders in 19 pockets.
“The TMC has completed the politicisation of administration. There is nothing called police administration in the state. They can’t address the grievances of the people, they can’t arrest criminals. Instead they would create obstacles when someone tries to stand beside the people. Anger is brewing in the villages which may any time out burst in the form of mass protest. That’s why the TMC is desperately trying to stop anybody from entering the villages,” Samik Bhattacharya, BJP spokesperson, instructed the media.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar fell in poor health and needed to be rushed to the Basirhat sub-divisional hospital and later shifted to personal hospital in Kolkata. On Tuesday BJP staff led by Majumdar clashed with the police in Basirhat once they had been stopped from visiting Sandeshkahli.
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Majumdar held ‘Saraswati puja’ at Taki in Basirhat the place he had stayed in a single day. Police stopped him once more when he tried to go to Sandeshkahli, which led to a scuffle. BJP alleged that Majumdar was injured in police lathi cost.
“We have seen the BJP doing politics over lord Ram. Today they did politics over Goddess Saraswati. In none of the videos we could see anyone pushing Majumdar or manhandling him. He suddenly complained of illness on his own. We wish him good luck for an acting career,” mentioned Santanu Sen, TMC MP
Hazra, talked about earlier within the story, appeared on a vernacular tv channel on Wednesday saying: “I am not a criminal. If it is proved that I have committed some crime I will accept the punishment. Local CPIM and BJP leaders provoked the villagers. Propaganda is being spread against me. They have set ablaze poultry farms. We respect women. It’s a deep conspiracy.”
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
