The Bharatiya Janata Occasion, Nationwide Fee for Girls and the Calcutta Excessive Court docket got here down closely on the TMC authorities over the Sandeshkhali violence concern, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the scenario in West Bengal and asserted that Sandeshkhali could 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 stated, “The situation of Bengal may be very unhealthy, the journalists there who’re making an attempt to point out the truth are additionally being arrested. The incident that occurred in Sandeshkhali, one can’t even think about about it. He expressed religion within the authorized system, asserting that the legislation would take its course.
“Such atrocity on ladies. It was all within the data of the State authorities. A syndicate was happening there. This has come out earlier than the nation. I imagine that the legislation will take its course. Assam CM additional warned {that a} authorities perpetrating such atrocities wouldn’t stay in energy for lengthy. “TMC might attempt 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 Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) issued a discover to the West Bengal Director Basic 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 worried about his well-being, the NHRC stated, including that she additional submitted that it was an try to throttle the media in West Bengal via ‘coercion and intimidation’.
In the meantime, the Editors Guild of India additionally issued a press release 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 towards alleged atrocities dedicated by TMC chief Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides. A lot of ladies in Sandeshkhali had accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of “land-grab and sexually assaulting” them beneath coercion.
Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated with him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officers who had gone to look 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, had been arrested by police and have been booked on prices of alleged gangrape and try to homicide.
