BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday termed the assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers within the state on January 5 as an “anti-India” assault and demanded the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) to probe the matter.
On January 5, a workforce of ED officers was attacked by a mob in Sandeshkhali. The attackers marched on the officers “with an intention to cause death” throughout raids on a Trinamool Congress chief, Shahjahan Sheikh, in reference to an alleged ration distribution rip-off.
Majumdar accused the West Bengal Police of defending TMC chief Shahjahan Sheikh, whom he known as the mastermind behind the assault on the ED officers.
He made these statements throughout a march by BJP staff in the present day. The protest march, led by Majumdar and different outstanding celebration figures, aimed to achieve Sandeshkhali within the North 24 Parganas district.
Nonetheless, after a number of kilometres, they had been stopped by the police, who tried to halt the marchers with barricades.
Regardless of the imposition of Part 144, which prohibits the meeting of greater than 4 folks in an space, the BJP supporters pushed by way of the barricades arrange by police.
The BJP delegation, consisting of 5 members, later met with senior law enforcement officials to current their grievances formally.