On the 2nd of May, Mamata Banerjee got here again to energy within the state of West Bengal with a thumping majority. Almost instantly, simply because the developments grew to become clear, rampant violence erupted within the state with TMC goons unleashing brutality on those that labored for BJP or voted for them within the state elections. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted its last report on Bengal post-poll violence to the Calcutta High Court on the 14th of July.
In the report, the National Human Rights Commission recorded tons of of circumstances of political violence that was perpetrated within the state. One of the circumstances was that of 30-year-old Arup Das from Narrah village in Bankura district. Arup was discovered hanging from a tree, lifeless, on the fifth of May 2021.
Arup Das
According to the NHRC report the place it cites the assertion of Arup Das’ father, on the 4th of May, a number of TMC goons entered the home of Arup Das and began damaging his property. The goons, who all belonged to TMC in accordance with Das’ father, then began beating up all of the relations mercilessly. According to his assertion, the goons didn’t even spare his brothers’ household that lived with them.
In a stunning revelation, the daddy of Arup Das mentioned that the TMC criminals who had entered the home to wreck property and assault Arup Das molested the ladies within the household. The shirt of his brother’s spouse was torn and the goons disrobed her by undraping her saree.
Further, after wreaking havoc in the home, the TMC goons dragged Arup Das and kidnapped him. According to the grievance, on the fifth of May, solely a day after that they had kidnapped him, Das was discovered useless, hanging from a tree.
A saga of police inaction on this case detailed in NHRC report on Bengal violence
Arup Das’ father in his assertion to the NRHC claimed that whereas he had filed a police grievance, the police confirmed no real interest in the investigation and an FIR was filed solely after the Calcutta High Court got here down closely on the police.
The NHRC, after due perusal of the papers, has noticed on this case that Arup Das’ father had filed a police grievance on the fifth of May, the day his son was discovered murdered, in Police Station Khandaghosh. However, the FIR was filed solely on the tenth of June, over a month after the submitting of the grievance. The NHRC additionally says that the FIR within the case was filed solely after the courtroom issued instructions to take motion. The NHRC additionally says {that a} case has been registered towards 21 individuals, nevertheless, no person has been arrested thus far.
The NHRC observations within the case
While detailing this case, the NHRC in its Bengal violence report has made 4 observations pertaining to the case.
1. NHRC says that in his grievance on the fifth of May, the daddy of Arup Das had truly written that Das (his son) had dedicated suicide due to the dearth of employment. However, since whereas speaking to the NHRC he didn’t point out any of that, they believe that he didn’t know in regards to the contents of the grievance precisely.
There might be a number of explanations for this. It is totally potential that somebody misled Arup Das’ father, who was presumably in shock after discovering his son hanging from the tree. The different clarification is the rampant concern that had gripped BJP staff and supporters within the face of mounting violence. OpIndia had not too long ago spoken to a girl BJP employee who was gang-raped by TMC staff on the 2nd of May. She had advised OpIndia that when when the police referred to as her as much as ask her whether or not she was gang-raped, she had first advised them that she certainly was, and after a little bit of intimidation, she had advised them that nothing of the type had occurred together with her. She had additionally talked about a number of different girls who have been gang-raped however have denied that they have been as a result of they have been frightened of the backlash.
In this case too, it’s potential that the reality got here out solely when speaking to the NHRC crew (the girl too had solely advised the reality to the NHRC crew and never the police).
2. The NHRC crew confirms that a number of individuals from the identical village corroborated the model of occasions as dictated by the daddy of Arup Das, nevertheless, they didn’t want to come on the file and provides their statements. They have been allegedly frightened of the TMC staff who had murdered Arup Das.
3. Initially, the case was investigated as an “unnatural death” case and it was solely after the intervention of the courtroom was an FIR filed by the police.
4. None of the accused have been arrested to date.
NHRC makes damning disclosures on post-poll violence in West Bengal
The admonition from the NCST comes within the wake of a damning report submitted by the National Human Rights Commission to the Calcutta High Court on July 14 concerning the post-poll violence in West Bengal.
The statutory public physique mentioned in its report that, after visiting 311 spots in 20 days and finishing up an intensive inquiry within the matter, the seven-member committee constituted to probe the post-poll violence in West Bengal concluded that the present scenario of the state is a manifestation of ‘Law of Ruler’, as a substitute of ‘Rule of Law’. It added that the lack of religion in state administration amongst victims may be very evident.
Attaching particulars of the identical, the NHRC report said that it collected a whopping 1979 variety of complaints from 23 districts the place incidents of violence had taken place post-Mamata Banerjee’s May 2 win.
Most complaints are from Cooch Behar, Birbhum, Bardhaman, North 24 Parganas and Kolkata, mentioned that NHRC experiences including that a lot of the complaints associated to rape, molestation, and vandalism and have been obtained by means of native sources in West Bengal whereas the crew was tenting there. The statutory physique added {that a} checklist of 57 complaints associated to girls was obtained from the National Women Commission.