Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee alleged on Wednesday that outsiders were brought into the state to attack the local police station and private property at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district.
Banerjee alleged that the BJP was behind the incidents of vandalism in Kaliaganj on Tuesday following the death of a minor girl last week and asked the state police to attach properties of those found involved in arson and violence. instructed to install
The BJP dismissed his allegations as “absurd”. Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat after an administrative meeting, “Outsiders were brought to Kaliaganj police station as well as to set fire to the property of common people. The police will find out to attach the property of those involved in the riots.” “
The chief minister claimed, “BJP brought goons from Bihar and they ransacked and set fire to the Kaliyaganj police station. They planned the complete sabotage. Even the policemen were attacked.”
He said the police would investigate both the girl’s death and Tuesday’s arson and vandalism.
“Our government is with the victim’s family,” Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat after an administrative meeting.
“The BJP is doing hooliganism in Bengal. They are trying to create unrest in Bengal. We will defeat this conspiracy to create anarchy,” he said.
She claimed that the Center was “trying to harass all the states where the opposition was in power”. Referring to the suspension of four police officers for allegedly dragging the body of a minor girl who was found dead on April 17, Banerjee said when their behavior could not be defended, the police were attacked by miscreants, Who pelted stones at them and indicated this. That may have prompted them to try to flee the area.
The girl had gone missing overnight before her body was found floating in a canal, and although locals expressed suspicion that she had been raped and then killed, a post-mortem report indicated that she had not been sexually assaulted. happened.
He said that in the administrative meeting held here today, it has been decided to provide body bags to each police station.
“The way the girl’s body was dragged was not right. But how could they carry it as they were pelted with stones? We decided to give at least 10 bags to every police station to carry the bodies We have suspended the four policemen and their roles.” Will be reviewed,” she said.
BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya termed Banerjee’s allegations of BJP’s involvement as “absurd”.
“The chief minister has a habit of making such statements when the going gets tough. It was a case of spontaneous mob anger. How can the BJP be accused of inciting the mob,” he said.
Bhattacharya also claimed that the CM had insulted the people of Bihar.
Bhattacharya claimed, “On one hand, she is inviting the relatives of the fodder scam accused (RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav) to Bengal, while on the other she is insulting the neighboring state.”
A BJP delegation led by Manoj Tigga, Chief Whip of the BJP in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, also met West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose on Wednesday and apprised him of the current situation in Kaliaganj and demanded quick action against the culprits.
Tigga said, “We have urged the governor to ensure action is taken against the culprits. The way tribals are being attacked in different parts of the state is unacceptable. The state government should act swiftly to ensure justice.” Needed.”
The chief minister also hit out at the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which visited the state over the Kaliaganj case, and questioned why they were silent on other cases like the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat or the recent Delhi court shooting.
“I have no problem with them coming here. But I would like to ask them why they don’t have faith in the State Children’s Commission. Why are they silent on the Bilkis case and the recent firing incident in Delhi court?” He said.
Lauding the police for disarming and arresting a man who entered a school in Old Malda brandishing a gun on Wednesday, thereby averting the school hostage crisis, Banerjee alleged that the entire incident could be a conspiracy.
“The case of a man brandishing a gun in a Malda school cannot be madness,” the chief minister said.
Hostage crisis sparked by police officers and locals over a gun-wielding man who walks into a classroom full of students at a local high school claiming he wants to draw attention to a year-old complaint that His wife and son are missing.
However, locals say that after separating from the man, his wife and son were living separately.
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