Bengal: Home ministry forms team to investigate post-poll violence, Mamata Banerjee shunts officials
On Wednesday, the home ministry had written to the state government pointing out that it had not responded to its earlier letter on the violence. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (L) and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Union home ministry on Thursday formed a four-member team to inquire into reports of post-poll violence in West Bengal, PTI reported, quoting officials. This came after the ministry on Wednesday wrote for the second time in three days to the West Bengal government, seeking a report in post-poll violence in the state,
Mamata Banerjee holds meeting on post poll violence in WB
By PTI| Posted by Neha | Published: 4th May 2021 7:44 pm IST Kolkata: WB CM Mamata Banerjee during a video conference with party workers, in Kolkata district, Friday, April 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday held a meeting with the top administrative and police officers of the state on the post poll violence in the state, an official said.
In the meeting, which was held at Banerjees Kalighat residence. she took stock of the situation, he told PTI.
Present in the meeting were Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, Home Secretary H K Dwidevi, Director General of Police P Nirajnayan and Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra, the official said.
Bengal violence: NCW asks DGP to probe incidents of attack on women; Mamata holds emergency meeting
The state was in the throes of widespread violence on Monday that allegedly left several BJP workers dead and injured in clashes, and shops being looted, prompting the Centre to seek a report.
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NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday said it has taken suo motu cognisance of videos purportedly showing women being beaten up in West Bengal s Nandigram after the assembly election in the state.
West Bengal was in the throes of widespread violence on Monday that allegedly left several BJP workers dead and injured in clashes, and shops being looted, prompting the Centre to seek a factual report from the state government on the incidents of attack on opposition workers.
Updated Apr 11, 2021 | 06:12 IST
A team of police personnel from the Panjipara outpost rescued the Bihar police officer and took him to the Islampur Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, they said. Bihar police officer beaten to death by mob during raid in West Bengal [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Kishanganj/Islampur: A police officer from Bihar was allegedly beaten to death by a mob during a raid in West Bengal s Uttar Dinajpur district in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.
The incident happened in Pantapada village in the Goalpokhar police station area of the district after midnight when Ashwini Kumar, the Station House Officer of Kishanganj police station in Bihar, was leading a raid in connection with a motorcycle theft case, they said.