West Bengal tribals protest police harassment (Lead)

November 13th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Thousands of tribals, including women and children, squatted on dug up roads in Maoist-hit Lalgarh in West Bengal Thursday to protest alleged police harassment and the arrest of some school students following the Nov 2 landmine blast targetting the convoy of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and two union ministers.The tribals blocked all approach roads to Lalgarh, in West Midnapore district, by placing huge tree trunks on the roads.

Meanwhile, a meeting between the civil administration, police officials and the agitating tribals Thursday failed to find a way out of the impasse.

“The Bharat Jakat Majhi Marwa Juan Ganta (BJMMJG) tribal group reached a consensus with us and decided to withdraw the agitation. But a few Maoists have taken the upper hand and don’t want to call off this agitation,” R.K. Singh, superintendent of police, West Midnapore district, told IANS.

The Maoists are warning the BJMMJG against withdrawing the agitation, he said.

“The area is on the boil since the landmine blast. We’re trying to find a way out through dialogue,” West Bengal Home Secretary Ashok Mohon Chakraborty told reporters earlier in the day.

Trouble began at Lalgarh last week after the district police arrested some school students and allegedly heckled tribal women in connection with the landmine blast that went off when the convoy of Union Ministers Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitin Prasada and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was passing near Salboni. Both the ministers had a narrow escape in the incident.

Villagers allege that police often arrested people on suspicion of being Maoists. They claimed that the police broke open tribal homes at midnight and beat up women in the course of their investigation.

A landmine had exploded close to Paswan’s security vehicle near Salboni, injuring six policemen of a pilot car.

The convoy was returning after inauguration of JSW Steel’s mega 10-MT steel plant in West Midnapore district.

On Friday the civil administration and police will meet the tribal group at Lalgarh to find a consensus over the impasse.

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  1. Dipak Kumar Adhikari Says:

    Dear Sir/Madam,
    We got Married 05/03/2002, and have a daughter born 09/07/2005. My wife and she’s family given me 498a/34 IPC, FIR NO.276, date 31/08/2009, P.S.: BAGUIATI, it’s not true case, believe me. My wife are engaged/Affair with a boy his house front of my house, all the matters are know every person in my village, and also they given me written about my character. When my wife goes outside form my house near about many vory gold and cash 1.20 lack Indian rupees taken. Not taken my daughter, daughter is now in my house. My wife doing the 498a case’s date 31/08/2009 and I arrest 06/09/2009, court give me bail at 19/09/2009 my 1st court date is 16/10/2009 done. 2nd court date is 04/01/2010 done. Next court date is 07/07/2010 at Barashat court. Some proof (20 pcs. s.m.s., picture with the boy and a c.d.) has me about my wife and the boy that they are in illegal relation. Believe me I and my family love much more to my wife. They (My wife family) are very very poor and live in a bosti Address: 70/H/8 Manicktolla Main Road, Kolkata – 700054, Beside 5 Star Club, my mother see 1st time and she arrange my marriage, and Mother told me they are very poor so what? After marriage she is my family member, believe me not a single word is wrong. Before marriage my family not see my wife’s family, now we understand/also see that she’s family are very bad. My wife, she’s family and the boy they are misusing this law. Now my wife’s family understands all the affair matter. But my wife still now not agree she wants to marry to the boy. My wife left our only solitary daughter to me who is 4 years old having severe “Ashtama Disease, depends on INHEALER, here political Hide & seek game is going on & the father of the parents (THE FATHER OF THE BOY WHO HAS ILLICIT RELATIONS WITH MY WIFE) are rich, so they are spending money to everywhere with a view to be escaped. Now I decided that I’m not taken back my wife. I take a lawyer his name Mr. Kamelash Nandi. I don’t know what happened next? Now I went to punishment the boy. If possible please help me. Please investigate the matter and relief/save me and my family. And . My wife given me U/s. 125 Cr. P. C. Case NO.167/2009, date 16/12/2009. 1st Class Judicial Magistrate at Sealdeh. 1st court date is 15/01/2010 done, 2nd court date is 12/02/2010.
    Thanks
    Dear all of my well wiser,
    Dear friend’s, actually I’m 100 percent victim, so I went to knowing my matter all the Indian and others. I write my matter to all M.P., M.L.A., Minister in W.B., CBI, CID, Human rights department, AAP KI KACHEHRI – KIRAN KE SAATH, Kolkata Police, my nation, all of the news channels, and all press, and many more, absolutely you also, I’m 100 percent victim but no body come to me. My question is why they not come to my house? I screw up to claim that I am as white as snow. Sir, If you don’t brook intervention then our family &especially my small daughter’s life will be ruined.
    I determined that if any reporter / any person come to my house then they know that I am 100 percent victim. And I win the case. I’m Punishment + harassment Without Crime.

    With kindest regards,
    Dipak Kumar Adhikari
    Tegharia(Dhali Para),NandanKanan. P.S.: Baguiati.
    P.O. Hatiara. Kolkata-700059 Email: dipakadhikari_59@yahoo.com PH. 9836149983
    W.B. India.

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