The Bharatiya Janata Party, National Commission for Women and the Calcutta High Court got here down closely on the TMC authorities over the Sandeshkhali violence difficulty, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the state of affairs in West Bengal and asserted that Sandeshkhali can be the “downfall” of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress. CM Sarma criticised the therapy of journalists in Bengal, stating that these making an attempt to reveal the true state of affairs are being arrested.
Following the BJP’s allegations of sexual violence by Trinamool leaders and a number of accounts of ladies alleging harassment in Sandeshkhali , Biswa Sarma mentioned, “The situation of Bengal could be very dangerous, the journalists there who’re making an attempt to indicate the fact are additionally being arrested. The incident that occurred in Sandeshkhali, one can not even think about about it. He expressed religion within the authorized system, asserting that the regulation would take its course.
“Such atrocity on women. It was all in the knowledge of the State government. A syndicate was going on there. This has come out before the country. I believe that the law will take its course. Assam CM further warned that a government perpetrating such atrocities would not remain in power for long. “TMC might strive all it desires however individuals will not stay silent. A authorities which commits atrocities like this is not going to final lengthy,” he added.
Earlier on Monday, West Bengal Police arrested a journalist related to Republic TV in Sandeshkhali. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a discover to the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) directing him to submit a report inside two weeks in a case the place a journalist of a vernacular information channel was unlawfully detained by police in Sandeshkhali.
The complainant, who additionally occurs to be the spouse of the journalist involved, alleged that she has no entry to him and is anxious about his well-being, the NHRC mentioned, including that she additional submitted that it was an try to throttle the media in West Bengal by ‘coercion and intimidation’.
Meanwhile, the Editors Guild of India additionally issued an announcement on the arrest of the journalist in West Bengal.
The Sandeshkhali space has been witnessing unrest for over 10 days as ladies protestors are in search of justice in opposition to alleged atrocities dedicated by TMC chief Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides. Numerous ladies in Sandeshkhali had accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of “land-grab and sexually assaulting” them underneath coercion.
Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated with him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officers who had gone to go looking his premises in reference to a ration rip-off on January 5. Two TMC leaders, North 24 Parganas Zilla parishad member Shiba Prasad Hazra and native occasion functionary Uttam Sardar, have been arrested by police and have been booked on costs of alleged gangrape and try to homicide.
