Kolkata:
Six members of an impartial fact-finding committee, led by former Chief Justice of Patna Excessive Courtroom L Narasimha Reddy, have been stopped by police as they have been continuing to the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali space in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged incidents of atrocities on girls.
Citing Part 144 CrPC was in drive in elements of Sandeshkhali and it might not be prudent to permit them entry to the realm even in teams of four-five, senior cops stopped their convoy on the Bhojerhat space, which is round 52 km from the riverine space, on Basanti Freeway.
Justice Reddy (retired), accompanied by former IPS officer Raj Pal Singh, former Nationwide Fee for Girls member Charu Wali Khanna, advocates O P Vyas and Bhavna Bajaj, and senior journalist Sanjeev Nayak, sat on the wayside vowing to proceed to the realm as excessive drama adopted.
“This is completely illegal. We have told the police personnel as law-abiding citizens we will not break rules. No curfew has been imposed in Sandeshkhali. So we can go in two groups. At least two of our women members should be allowed to visit the women who had bore the brunt of atrocities of musclemen enjoying political patronage and impunity from police action in all these days till the media unravelled the shocking truth”, Justice Reddy (retd) stated.
Claiming they got a duplicate of the part 144 order as they set off for the journey, he stated “The administration cannot stop civil society members of the country to interact with victims of human rights violation. What they (administration) are scared to hide?”
He recalled that panel members had been stopped from visiting sure pockets of Howrah, singed by clashes between two teams throughout Ram Navami, halted at Howrah Bridge final yr although others from the ruling social gathering have been allowed to go.
One other member of the group instructed reporters they’d “peacefully sit on one side of the road”, with out hindering the motion of automobiles until being allowed to proceed.
The group comprising a former choose, bureaucrats, and a journalist, was slated to go to Sandeshkhali right this moment to additionally probe alleged incidents of Trinamool Congress leaders grabbing residents land to transform into bheris (fish farm).
They’re scheduled to go to Majherpara, Natun para, Patra para and Naskarpara Ras temple below the jurisdiction of Sandeshkhali police station limits.
The committee is slated to submit a report back to the constitutional authorities.
A number of days again, a fact-finding staff of BJP consisting of Union minister Annapurna Devi, Pratima Bhowmik, MP Sunita Duggal, Kavita Patidar, Sangeeta Yadav and Rajya Sabha member and former director normal of police of Uttar Pradesh Brij Lal was stopped by police from coming into Sandeshkhali.
On Saturday, a Trinamool delegation consisting of two West Bengal ministers Partha Bhowmik and Sujit Basu visited totally different elements of the riverine space, interacted with locals, and promised their grievances can be addressed expeditiously.
They’d additionally promised all these responsible concerned in alleged atrocities can be dropped at guide and the ruling social gathering has ‘zero tolerance’ to the wrongdoings of a bit of native leaders.
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