Over 500 students of Alia University, rising above the party line, lashed out at the police in Kolkata by lighting candles on Saturday night.
Over 500 students of Alia University, rising above the party line, lashed out at the police in Kolkata by lighting candles on Saturday night.
CPI(M)’s student wing SFI is about to organize protests across West Bengal over the “mysterious” death of Left leader Anish Khan in Howrah district.
Khan’s family alleged that people dressed in police uniform barged into his residence in Amta on Friday night, dragged the Left leader, who had gained prominence during the anti-CAA agitation, to the terrace and threw him down, killing him. Went.
However, the police denied the charge that any law enforcer had visited Khan’s residence, and said that he was found dead near his residence.
The incident has triggered widespread protests, with the Congress, the CPI(M) and the BJP accusing the local Trinamool Congress leader of murder, while the ruling party claimed it was a “deep conspiracy” that led to the murder of West Bengal. could be drawn outside.
More than 500 students of Alia University, breaking the party line, lashed out at the police in Kolkata by lighting candles on Saturday night.
They demanded that the killers of Khan, a prominent face during the agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and initiative to help the poor during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, be caught and given exemplary punishment.
State committee member of SFI Subhajit Sarkar told PTI, “The Students’ Union of India (SFI) along with Khan’s family and the protesting students of Alia University will hold protest rallies across the state on Sunday and Monday.
“An SFI delegation led by Joint National Secretary Dipsita Dhar and State President Pratikur Rehman has visited Khan’s residence. We strongly believe that this was not an isolated incident. He was being targeted for quite some time. We The complicity of local TMC leaders is suspected in the incident,” the government said.
Agitators will march to the Writers’ Building in central Kolkata on Tuesday to protest against the incident.
CPI(M) state secretary Suryakant Mishra has demanded an impartial probe into the incident, which he described as a “horrific crime”.
State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also alleged that it was a “premeditated murder” and demanded that the culprits should not get any political patronage.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari also raised a finger accusing TMC.
“TMC people are behind every such incident. How could the attackers buy police uniforms and rifles?” he said.
Transport Minister and Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor Firhad Hakim was smitten by a conspiracy hatched outside the state.
“If the alleged incident has indeed happened, it is reminiscent of the events in Uttar Pradesh and not of a state like West Bengal, which has a history of progressive movements and democratic traditions.
“We suspect that the incident was planned by people outside West Bengal who did not want Khan to be around. Let the investigation be completed,” he said.