Bengal Violence: Today, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a 3-page letter.
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court today filed suo motu a case in connection with the violence in Rampurhat within West Bengal’s Birbhum district, where eight people were burned to death in the aftermath of the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh. A panel led by the chief justice will be hearing the matter on Tuesday at 2 p.m., news agency ANI announced.
The BJP has criticized the government Trinamool Congress over the incident and claimed it was one more in the series of political killings occurring in the State. The party has asked for the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and called for the matter to be investigated by central agencies. Nine BJP MPs from West Bengal met Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday to request his intervention on the issue.
“More than 200 BJP workers have been killed so far in the State. What is the government doing? This can’t be tolerated,” BJP MP Dilip Ghosh told ANI.
At least 20 have been detained so far in connection to this violence. A top police officer told reporters on Wednesday. Eleven were detained the same day due to their involvement in the incident.
“With nine more arrests, the number of those caught in the case rose to 20. We are grilling them to find out if more people were involved in the incident. Some accused seem to have fled the village. In the report, we are trying to trace them,” the news agency PTI said. The officer was quoted as saying that they were trying to. He added that experts from the forensic field were inspecting the destroyed houses to get an idea of the “nature of the mishap”.
Locket Chatterjee, BJP MP from Hooghly, has said that 20 people may have been killed by arson, “but no one knows the actual number because no one is allowed to enter in Birbhum.”
Today, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a three-page letter claiming a conspiracy of political nature to be behind the violence. The GovernorGovernor also stated that the number killed could be greater than.
Eleven people were arrested in connection with the violence, the state police reported.
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court today filed suo motu cases in connection with the violence in Rampurhat within West Bengal’s Birbhum district, where eight persons were slain by burning in the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh. The news agency ANI said a panel led by the chief justice will consider the case today at 2 p.m.
The BJP has criticized the government Trinamool Congress over the incident and claimed it was another in a string of political murders within the State. The party has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and requested that central agencies investigate the matter. Nine BJP MPs from West Bengal met Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday to request his intervention on the issue.
“More than 200 BJP workers have been killed so far in the State. What is the government doing? This can’t be tolerated,” BJP MP Dilip Ghosh told ANI.
A total of 20 people have been detained so far in the aftermath of this violence. A top police officer announced on Wednesday. Eleven people were arrested the next day for their involvement in the incident.
“With nine more arrests, the number of those caught in the case rose to 20. We are grilling them to find out if there were more people involved in the incident. Some accused seem to have fled the village. In the report, we are trying to trace them,” the news agency PTI said. The officer was quoted as saying that they were trying to. The officer also said that experts from the forensic field were inspecting the destroyed houses to get an idea of the “nature of the mishap”.
Locket Chatterjee, BJP MP from Hooghly, claims that around 20 people were killed by arson, “but no one knows the actual number because no one is allowed to enter in Birbhum.”
In the early hours of today, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a lengthy letter claiming that there was a political plot to be behind the violence. He also suggested that the number killed could be greater than.
Mamata Banerjee had urged the Governor “to refrain from making unwarranted statements and allow the administration to conduct an impartial probe” following the release of the video on the rights of human beings were “decimated”, and rule of law has been “capsized” in the State. In a sly attack on the ruling party, he declared that the government is “required to rise above partisan interests” that he claimed was “not being reflected in reality”.
“Your statements have political overtones supporting other political parties to browbeat Bengal government,” Mamata Banerjee had said in her response.
A scathing letter sent today, the letter from Mr Dhankhar, stated the fact that one “cannot ‘fiddle’ in Raj Bhawan and be a mute spectator”.
“This is a trick to protect the perpetrators of this horrific crime. Already , there is enough information being reported about those who committed this crime of ugliness. Furthermore, your claim that “investigation will do everything to uncover the perpetrators behind this event” is a far cry from reality,” the GovernorGovernor wrote on Twitter and added a “Politically caged” investigation in the State does not inspire confidence.
The Centre has demanded an investigation into the alleged violence in the political arena. The BJP has also sent an investigation team to investigate the largest violence incident since Mamata Banerjee’s massive victory in the last election.
The burned bodies of eight individuals were found on Tuesday morning after homes were burned in the village of West Bengal’s Birbhum protests over the suspected murder of the Trinamool Congress leader.
