LOST PRIORITIES! BJP workers detained in West Bengal for protesting against Kaliaganj rape incident while no development in investigation
Meanwhile, in Siliguri BJP workers were seen enforcing a 12-hour bandh by shutting off the shops.
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Kolkata, Apr 28: BJP workers who were protesting against the alleged murder of a BJP leader and Kaliyaganj rape and murder case were detained on Friday (Apr 28) in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers have called for a 12-hour bandh today in North Bengal over alleged police brutality against common people in the state. BJP leader Debasree Choudhury alleged that Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government is against Rajbangshi people. "We have called for a bandh after seeing the condition here. This incident (the alleged murder of a BJP leader) was very shameful. Constant attacks are done on the Rajbangshi people which shows that TMC is against Rajbangshi," Choudhury said.
Also read: West Bengal's Kaliaganj minor rape case: Four cops suspended for dragging minor girl's body
Meanwhile, in Siliguri BJP workers were seen enforcing a 12-hour bandh by shutting off the shops. On Friday (Apr 21), West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar said, "BJP has called for a 12-hour bandh on Friday in North Bengal to protest against police brutality on common people." The shutdown has been called following the death of BJP worker Mrityunjay Burman in Radhikapur near Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district. BJP alleged that Mrityunjay died in police firing.
#WestBengal #BJP observing a 12-hr bandh in North Bengal to protest against the death of a minor girl in #Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. BJP workers seen burning tyres near Chowpathi bus stop in #Alipurduar. pic.twitter.com/sXoBbguwVx
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Reacting on this matter BJP MP Debashree Chowdhury said, "The ruling party (Trinamool Congress) is mistaken if they think they could silence us by shooting at our cadres or making random arrests. The whole country is with us," Chowdhury said. She alleged that the state police personnel shot dead the BJP worker, identified as Mritunjay Burman, on Wednesday late night when they came to arrest the party's panchayat samiti member in Kaliaganj, Bishnu Barman.
Recently, four police officers, all in the rank of assistant police sub-inspectors (ASIs), were suspended for allegedly dragging the body of a minor Dalit girl on a road at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal, a senior police officer said on Tuesday (Apr 24).
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