The BJP has introduced a 12-hour bandh in north Bengal on Friday in protest against “atrocities on a tribal community”. The bandh name comes withinside the backdrop of a teenage woman`s demise at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district remaining week. Several incidents of violence had been mentioned since. North Bengal consists of the districts of Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda.
The ruling Trinamool Congress has reacted sharply to the bandh name and accused the BJP of seeking to disturb peace withinside the state. The birthday birthday celebration has additionally accused the BJP of seeking to politicise and communalise the teen’s demise, calling it “vulture politics”.
The Calcutta High Court, meanwhile, has requested for a development record at the investigation. The courtroom docket has requested the police to post the postmortem record, case diary and FIR via way of means of May 2.
The courtroom docket has additionally directed the police handy over a replica of the FIR and postmortem record to the own circle of relatives and the NCPCR. The own circle of relatives participants have long gone to courtroom docket, looking for a probe via way of means of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Kaliaganj remained hectic however non violent these days. The BJP, however, claimed that one character has been killed in police firing. There has been no assertion from the police at the matter.
The police got here beneathneath assault on Tuesday and a viral video had proven a policeman being crushed up via way of means of a mob withinside the police station. BJP MP Debasree Choudhury held a protest withinside the region these days and known as for the bandh.
“One of our participants protesting over the alleged rape and homicide of a minor woman in Uttar Dinajpur’s Kaliaganj changed into shot lifeless via way of means of police,” she advised reporters.
“BJP people are constantly being arrested after the Ram Navami violence. Till now, extra than a hundred and fifty people had been arrested. We would love to inform Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that because of her failures, the Kaliaganj incident happened and now she have to take duty for it,” she added.