facing widespread criticism law and orderespecially after Violence in Birbhum While nine people were burnt, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pulled up the police officials, asking them why the state government should suffer due to their negligence.
Had the police acted on time, the Rampurhat incident would not have happened. Why did the Additional SP and other officers not reach the spot on time. They should have feared retaliation if an incident happened. The face of the state government is getting spoiled due to your negligence.
Nine people were set ablaze in retaliatory violence after a local Trinamool Congress leader was killed in the March 21 violence in Birbhum’s Bogtui village. The Calcutta High Court had directed the CBI to investigate the violence and murder of the TMC leader.
The Chief Minister also landed on SP Ranaghat, under whose jurisdiction mock sexual assault happened. The rape and subsequent death of a 14-year-old girl in the first week of April sent shockwaves when the girl’s father said the alleged perpetrators threatened the family not to take the girl to the hospital and hurriedly disposed of the body. was burnt. The main accused in the case is the son of a local Trinamool Congress leader.
“How the incident happened in Hanskhali. Why were you not aware.. why the government should suffer for your negligence,” Ms Banerjee asked SP Ranaghat Sayak Das. The Calcutta High Court had directed the CBI to investigate the incident.
During the 90-minute meeting on several occasions through the chief minister’s social media handle, he directed officials not to consider the “political complexion” of the accused. “If someone alleges corruption, why would we take responsibility. The party has not asked him to do so.”
Reacting to the chief minister’s remarks, state BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said that the police is not independent and is directly administered by him as he has the home department.
In Bogtui village, the Chief Minister himself had asked why Anaruli did this. [local TMC leader Anaraul Hossain] Don’t send the police first? It means TMC is police and police is TMC. What the Chief Minister is doing is trying to absolve them of the responsibility of these incidents by blaming the police,” Mr Bhattacharya said.