“Several Sandeshkhalis have been formed in Bengal under TMC”: Union MoS Subhas Sarkar

Bankura (West Bengal) [India], February 21 (ANI): Hitting out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) over incidents in Sandeshkhali, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Education Subhas Sarkar on Wednesday said that several Sandeshkhalis have been formed in West Bengal where human rights are being openly violated under TMC rule.

The Sandeshkhali area has been witnessing unrest for over 10 days as women protestors are seeking justice against alleged atrocities committed by TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides.

Subhas Sarkar said that the incidents in Sandeshkhali have stunned the whole country.

“The incident of atrocities against women in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, has stunned everyone. The women were raped. The incident has drawn the country’s attention towards West Bengal. Several such Sandeshkhalis have formed in West Bengal, where human rights are being violated,” he said.

The Union Minister further said that those days are not far when TMC will lose power in West Bengal.

“Not just this, when the ED team reached Sandeshkhali for an investigation into the residence of Shahjahan, his supporters attacked the team. The Central forces had accompanied the ED. Despite all this, these hooligans, nurtured under the shield of the State government, are roaming freely in Sandeshkhali. The uprooting of the TMC government from West Bengal is not very far,” he said.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar reached Sandeshkhali on Wednesday to take stock of the situation.

Earlier, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) directing him to submit a report within two weeks in a case where a journalist of a vernacular news channel was unlawfully detained by police in Sandeshkhali.

The Commission also asked its DIG (Investigation) to find out the facts by telephone and submit his findings to the Commission within a week. The NHRC also took suo motu cognisance of a complaint that the journalist of a vernacular television news channel was unlawfully detained while covering crimes against women in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali on Monday.