BJP IT Chief and the party’s Central Observer for West Bengal Amit Malviya said that there is a Sandeshkhali in every village of the state, after a video of a couple beaten by a local Trinamool Congress worker Tejemul aka JCB, went viral on Sunday.
The BJP alleged that Trinamul workers had beaten up Choton Sardar and left the area leaving him dead on the road.
Sandeshkhali, one of the seven Assembly constituencies of Basirhat Lok Sabha continued to simmer as various areas today witnessed sporadic incidents of violence.
To make it easier for villagers to file complaints, the investigating agency decided to set up this temporary camp. Villagers have accused the recently suspended Trinamul leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates of land grabbing, harassment, and abuse.
After a series of sting videos that has heightened the pitch at Sandeshkhali, an aide of the BJP Basirhat candidate Rekha Patra surrendered at a Basirhat court today allegedly in connection with intimidation to a homemaker over an alleged rape that the homemaker rubbished.
Several villagers, including women staged agitation as police allegedly resorted to lathi charge to disperse them.
Trouble erupted again in Sandeshkhali when some BJP supporters beat up a youth alleging that he had made a fake video distorting the facts of the unrest in the area.
Women of Sandeshkhali have now come out and spoken out against their complaints to the police, which they claimed were false and were not aware of.
Irani said that for a long time, Mamata Banerjee has been protecting Sheikh Shahjahan and not the Constitution.
One constable was severely injured after an attack on a police camp at Shitulia in Sandeshkhali, today. Tension prevailed here after the attack on a police camp.
