The Communist Party of India-Marxist West Bengal State Committee demanded a judicial inquiry into the police firing in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas - which claimed two lives - and asked for a "stable job" for family members of those killed. Leader of Opposition in Assembly Surya Kanta Mishra said: “The Government has to be blamed for it.” Speaking to reporters at a press conference Mishra said a six-member team they sent to the spot found the administration responsible for the deaths.
A woman and a 14-year-old girl died and several were injured in the police firing. Several cops were also injured in the mob fury.
"A stable job should be given to the family members of those killed in this unfortunate incident. Various police officers have given different accounts of the incident. Only through a judicial inquiry the truth can be revealed," former state minister and CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah said. He, along with several other lawmakers from the party, will meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to give their account of the incident. "We are slated to meet the chief minister Dec 9 and there we will give our account of the incident," added Mollah. The CPI-M had also called for a 12-hour shutdown in South 24 Parganas to protest against "police excesses", said Mollah. Two people were killed and 22 others, including 16 policemen, injured as clashes between a mob and security forces over illegal electric connections in Magrahat in Thursday led to police opening fire. Mollah and other leaders also criticised Banerjee for blaming the CPI-M for the incident. "She already has started to blame us. But she must know that we are neither at the government nor at the panchayat or block level. Then how can we get the police to fire. It is they (Trinamool Congress) who are the culprits," said Mollah.
No comments:
Post a Comment