Bengal violence pre-planned, says Calcutta HC, criticises intel failure

Express News Service

KOLKATA:  The Calcutta High Court on Monday seen that the present Ram Navami violence in Howrah’s Shibpur and Dalkhola in North Dinajpur was on the face of it pre-planned. It castigated the state authorities for full intelligence failure.

Responding to a petition filed by the chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari searching for an NIA probe, the courtroom indicated it could order a central firm to take motion. A division bench comprising performing Chief Justice T S Sivagnaman and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya made the observations nonetheless reserved their order. 

“Internet suspension typically takes place when there was an exterior hazard or infiltration and so forth. But for a religious procession, we don’t understand why. Sudden violence is when people are strolling and there is an altercation and so forth. But your (state’s) prima facie current these (violence) had been pre-planned. There are allegations of stones being hurled from rooftops. Obviously, it isn’t doable for anyone to take stones as a lot because the rooftop inside 10 to fifteen minutes,’’ Chief Justice Sivagnaman acknowledged. 

The bench requested the state authorities to make clear who benefited and who was affected by the violence. “The draw back is two-fold. One, there’s strain between the two groups. The completely different is a third group benefiting from enmity between the two groups. This should be probed. We think about a central firm can probe this side larger,’’ Chief Justice Siivagnaman acknowledged.

Advocate General S N Mukjerjee claimed the state police was accurately investigating the case. “The participants of the procession were armed with lathis, swords, etc, which they were not allowed to carry. The other side was also armed with weapons,” he acknowledged.

Didi Hits out at BJP over ram navami riots
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the BJP, saying its members had been part of the Ram Navami processions. “Why arms had been part of a religious procession? Many had been launched from open air,’’ she alleged. The CM moreover rapped an NGO that ship a fact-finding employees to probe the riots

KOLKATA:  The Calcutta High Court on Monday seen that the present Ram Navami violence in Howrah’s Shibpur and Dalkhola in North Dinajpur was on the face of it pre-planned. It castigated the state authorities for full intelligence failure.

Responding to a petition filed by the chief of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari searching for an NIA probe, the courtroom indicated it could order a central firm to take motion. A division bench comprising performing Chief Justice T S Sivagnaman and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya made the observations nonetheless reserved their order. 

“Internet suspension typically takes place when there was an exterior hazard or infiltration and so forth. But for a religious procession, we don’t understand why. Sudden violence is when people are strolling and there is an altercation and so forth. But your (state’s) prima facie current these (violence) had been pre-planned. There are allegations of stones being hurled from rooftops. Obviously, it isn’t doable for anyone to take stones as a lot because the rooftop inside 10 to fifteen minutes,’’ Chief Justice Sivagnaman acknowledged. googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The bench requested the state authorities to make clear who benefited and who was affected by the violence. “The draw back is two-fold. One, there’s strain between the two groups. The completely different is a third group benefiting from enmity between the two groups. This should be probed. We think about a central firm can probe this side larger,’’ Chief Justice Siivagnaman acknowledged.

Advocate General S N Mukjerjee claimed the state police was accurately investigating the case. “The participants of the procession were armed with lathis, swords, etc, which they were not allowed to carry. The other side was also armed with weapons,” he acknowledged.

Didi Hits out at BJP over ram navami riots
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the BJP, saying its members had been part of the Ram Navami processions. “Why arms had been part of a religious procession? Many had been launched from open air,’’ she alleged. The CM moreover rapped an NGO that ship a fact-finding employees to probe the riots