West Bengal Ram Navami Violence: Clashes had been later reported from Hoogly district as nicely.
Kolkata/New Delhi:
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom in the present day ordered a probe by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) into the violence that broke out throughout Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal.
Performing on a petition filed by BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari, the excessive court docket ordered the switch of investigation to the anti-terror company from the West Bengal police.
The court docket additionally directed police to switch all data and CCTV footage to the central authorities inside two weeks so the NIA might take over the probe.
A number of autos had been set on hearth, stones thrown and outlets ransacked as clashes between two teams broke out in Howrah’s Shibpur throughout Ram Navami celebrations final month.
Clashes had been later reported at Rishra in Hooghly district and Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur district as nicely.
The violent clashes had sparked a political slugfest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP. Each shared movies as proof blaming one another for the violence.
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee alleged that the BJP had approached the excessive court docket looking for a probe by the NIA, a central physique, as they wish to keep away from being investigated within the state to “escape motion”.
“They know they are going to be caught if the probe occurs right here,” he stated.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of allegedly attempting to stoke communal stress through the procession. She alleged the BJP had employed goons from different states to orchestrate communal riots.
The BJP denied the allegations as “baseless” and accused the Mamata Banerjee authorities of appeasing Muslims and concentrating on Hindus.
“Hindus in Bengal are below menace,” stated BJP MP Locket Chatterjee.
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