Political turmoil has intensified over the case of gangrape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal. After the controversy that broke out during the Trinamool Congress (TMC) rally taken out to protest against this incident, party chief and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has made serious allegations against the state administration and police. He said that despite getting permission from the High Court, his party’s rally was not allowed to take place peacefully. She said that I am not blaming BJP, I hold the police and administration responsible.
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said in the protest march taken out regarding the Baruipur rape-murder case, ‘I just want to say that do not defame the name of Ram. When the High Court had given permission for the rally, then why did the police do this? I am not blaming BJP, I hold the police and administration responsible. It was his moral responsibility to allow the rally to take place peacefully. What did they do? BJP people were allowed to set up tents, stage and set up mics. Our hand mic was taken away, even though the High Court had clearly given permission for hand mic.
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Allegations of assault on women workers
He also claimed that women activists participating in the rally were also assaulted. Mamta said that the police seemed to be working under political pressure instead of playing an impartial role. He alleged, ‘Our workers were beaten up. Many people are so injured that they are not even able to go to the hospital. Women were beaten, boys and girls were killed, even the elderly were not spared. I got the news that the chairperson of our IT cell was dragged out from there and beaten up. So I myself went to the spot to save them.
What is the whole matter?
Trinamool Youth Congress had planned to take out a protest march against the Baruipur incident. Initially Kolkata Police had refused to allow this. Later the Calcutta High Court canceled the police decision and allowed the rally to be held with certain conditions. The court had set conditions for the rally like fixed route, time limit, participation of maximum one thousand people, ban on loudspeakers and keeping a part of the road open for traffic.
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The body of a 12-year-old girl was recovered from a pond in Baruipur on July 5. According to the police, the girl was gang-raped, then murdered and her body was packed in a sack and thrown in the pond. This incident spread anger across the state. The case took a new turn on Wednesday when one of the main accused died in a police encounter during crime scene recreation. Opposition parties have also raised questions regarding this encounter and demanded an impartial investigation. At the same time, the Baruipur incident has now become a big issue of law and order as well as politics of West Bengal.
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