Kaliaganj: Violating prohibitory orders beneath Section 144 CrPC, miscreants set hearth to Kaliaganj police station in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Tuesday to protest in opposition to the loss of life of a teenage woman whose physique was present in a canal right here final week. The mob additionally set ablaze a number of automobiles together with two-wheelers parked close to the police station constructing which was diminished to ashes. Two police personnel have been injured within the assault.
An official mentioned folks allegedly belonging to the Adivasi and Rajbangshi communities organised a “Thana gherao” programme on Tuesday afternoon protesting in opposition to alleged ‘police inaction’ within the case and claiming that the woman had been raped and murdered.
#Breaking| Kaliaganj Police Station in Uttar Dinajpur district of #WestBengal allegedly torched by protestors. Agitators have been staging a protest in opposition to the minor woman’s loss of life when some unidentified individual entered the police station & set it on hearth. Police fired tear gasoline shells,… pic.twitter.com/DUbKS22vJM
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Preliminary autopsy examination of the woman’s physique, nevertheless, indicated she had not been raped.
While the ruling Trinamool Congress blamed the opposition BJP for the incident, the saffron camp alleged ‘full failure’ of the regulation and order equipment.
The protestors, who additionally demanded suspension of Raiganj Police District SP Md Sana Akhtar, threw stones on the police personnel deployed there earlier than breaking barricades.
The police began a baton cost and used water cannons however couldn’t cease the mob from coming into the police station and setting it on hearth.
“The situation is under control at the moment. We have deployed a huge number of policemen including RAF (Rapid Action Force) personnel,” the IPS officer advised PTI, including that two policemen have been injured within the conflict.
Prohibitory orders beneath Section 144 CrPC have been clamped in elements of Kaliaganj on Sunday morning, forward of the go to of a workforce of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
Meanwhile, the disagreement between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP, which began after the woman’s physique was discovered, continued forward of the panchayat election within the state.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh held the BJP chargeable for the arson.
“The BJP is misguiding the Adivasis and instigating them to attack the police,” Ghosh mentioned.
The saffron camp, nevertheless, pointed the finger at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the incident.
“I do not support attacks on police personnel. But I have come to know that the police had attacked the people who were peacefully carrying out their protests. This is the result of complete failure on the part of the law and order machinery. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is responsible for it,” Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari mentioned.
None was arrested in reference to Tuesday’s arson until the submitting of this report.
The police earlier arrested six folks after a mob attacked them and set on hearth a number of retailers and automobiles in Kaliaganj following the restoration of the woman’s physique on April 21.
NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Sunday met the woman’s household. He alleged extreme lapses by the state police in investigating the case, and mentioned he’ll submit a report back to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Four cops, all within the rank of Assistant Sub Inspectors, have been Monday suspended for allegedly dragging the physique of the woman on the street whereas eradicating it from the spot the place it was discovered, amid protests by folks.
A video purportedly displaying the incident has gone viral.
