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  • 3 BJP MPs demand FIR against Trinamool MP for JPC violence

    New Delhi: Three BJP MPs have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding filing of an FIR against Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee and his immediate suspension from the House, a day after Banerjee was suspended for a day from the parliamentary panel on Waqf (Amendment). Bill.

    Describing his conduct in the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday as “unprecedented violence”, the BJP members, in the letter, have sought an investigation into the matter by the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee to consider resigning Banerjee’s membership from the Lower House. The letter was signed by Nishikant Dubey, Aparajita Sarangi and Abhijit Gadopadhyay.

    Amid a heated exchange of words with Gangopadhyay during the meeting on Tuesday, Banerjee smashed a glass bottle and allegedly threw it towards the panel chairperson Jagdambika Pal. In their letter to the Speaker, the BJP members said they along with other members of the panel witnessed the “act of goondaism and unpardonable violence” by Banerjee during the sitting of the parliamentary committee.

    Meanwhile on Wednesday, A Raja, DMK MP and a member of the JPC on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, accused Pal of violating norms by speaking to the media about the incident of an Opposition member smashing a glass bottle and allegedly throwing it towards him. .

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    View Program Rejecting Raja’s allegations, Pal asserted he was ready to resign if Opposition members say he did not allow them to speak during the meeting. Pal said he has not revealed any proceedings or deliberations of the committee and only made a statement about an incident of violence during the committee meeting.

  • Rahul Gandhi to be arrested after Lok Sabha elections: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, against whom an FIR has been registered here on the charge of instigating violence will be arrested after the Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday. The Assam police suo motu registered the FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other leaders for “wanton acts of violence” here during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on Tuesday.

    ”We have filed an FIR. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) will conduct the investigation and he (Gandhi) will be arrested after the Lok Sabha elections, Sarma said on the sidelines of a program at Nazira in Sibsagar district.

    The Lok Sabha elections are due within a few months in the country. Director General of Police GP Singh said that the case has been transferred to the Assam CID for a thorough investigation through an SIT to be constituted by the Additional Director General of Police (CID).

    Sarma had instructed the DGP to register a case against Gandhi for provoking the crowd to break barricades in an attempt to enter Guwahati city during the Yatra on Tuesday leading to a scuffle with the police in which some senior Congress leaders, including the state party President Bhupen Bora and leader of opposition in the state assembly, and four police personnel were injured.

    The FIR was filed against Congress leaders under IPC sections that deal with criminal conspiracy, unlawful assembly, rioting, assault or criminal force to deter public servants from discharging their duty, damaging public property and others.

  • Manipur: Court grants bail to 5 youths whose arrest triggered unrest 

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: The court docket of Special Judge (National Investigation Agency), Imphal East in Manipur on Friday granted bail to 5 youths whose arrest triggered recent rigidity within the ethnic violence-hit state.

    The 5 males have been arrested by the police final week for possessing weapons and donning camouflage uniforms. The court docket granted them bail after that they had furnished a PR bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of like quantity.

    The court docket directed the accused individuals to cooperate with the investigation, make themselves out there earlier than the investigating authority, to not affect prosecution witnesses or depart the state with out its prior permission and seem earlier than the investigating officer each 15 days.

    In its order, the court docket mentioned, “So far, there is no material to show that the accused persons have committed terrorist acts which can be punished under section 16 of the UA(P) Act except mentioning of being a member of the terrorist organisation against the accused person No.1 only, but so far, all the accused persons have not yet committed any illegal and prejudicial acts against the state as they are all arrested by the police when they entered prejudicial activities against the State.”

    The court docket additionally mentioned that the investigating officer “cannot show strong prima facie case against all the accused persons for the commission of terrorist acts and prejudicial activities against the State attracting section 16 UA(P) Act and section 121-A of the IPC as of now.”

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    The arrest of the youths had saved the Imphal valley on the sting till Thursday. Protestors, largely members of Meira Paibi (Meitei girls torchbearers) and native golf equipment, had enforced a 48-hour bandh until midnight of Wednesday demanding the discharge of the individuals.

    The subsequent day, they tried to storm police stations in several elements of the Imphal valley to court docket their arrest. They claimed the 5 males have been village volunteers who have been guarding their villages from assaults by Kuki-Zo militants. 

    During scuffles with police and Rapid Action Force personnel, the protesting girls mentioned they have been additionally village volunteers and must be arrested. They requested if village volunteers are arrested, who will defend the Meiteis residing in villages near Kuki-majority hills. 

    GUWAHATI: The court docket of Special Judge (National Investigation Agency), Imphal East in Manipur on Friday granted bail to 5 youths whose arrest triggered recent rigidity within the ethnic violence-hit state.

    The 5 males have been arrested by the police final week for possessing weapons and donning camouflage uniforms. The court docket granted them bail after that they had furnished a PR bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of like quantity.

    The court docket directed the accused individuals to cooperate with the investigation, make themselves out there earlier than the investigating authority, to not affect prosecution witnesses or depart the state with out its prior permission and seem earlier than the investigating officer each 15 days.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    In its order, the court docket mentioned, “So far, there is no material to show that the accused persons have committed terrorist acts which can be punished under section 16 of the UA(P) Act except mentioning of being a member of the terrorist organisation against the accused person No.1 only, but so far, all the accused persons have not yet committed any illegal and prejudicial acts against the state as they are all arrested by the police when they entered prejudicial activities against the State.”

    The court docket additionally mentioned that the investigating officer “cannot show strong prima facie case against all the accused persons for the commission of terrorist acts and prejudicial activities against the State attracting section 16 UA(P) Act and section 121-A of the IPC as of now.”

    ALSO READ | Manipur disaster and the issue of representing trauma throughout a battle state of affairs

    The arrest of the youths had saved the Imphal valley on the sting till Thursday. Protestors, largely members of Meira Paibi (Meitei girls torchbearers) and native golf equipment, had enforced a 48-hour bandh until midnight of Wednesday demanding the discharge of the individuals.

    The subsequent day, they tried to storm police stations in several elements of the Imphal valley to court docket their arrest. They claimed the 5 males have been village volunteers who have been guarding their villages from assaults by Kuki-Zo militants. 

    During scuffles with police and Rapid Action Force personnel, the protesting girls mentioned they have been additionally village volunteers and must be arrested. They requested if village volunteers are arrested, who will defend the Meiteis residing in villages near Kuki-majority hills. 

  • CBI mobilises 53 officers together with 29 ladies to probe Manipur violence circumstances

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: In a significant mobilisation, the CBI on Wednesday deputed 53 officers, together with 29 ladies, drawn from its models throughout the nation to probe Manipur violence circumstances, officers stated.

    The staff which incorporates three DIGs – Lovely Katiyar, Nirmala Devi and Mohit Gupta – and Superintendent of Police Rajveer will report back to Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay who will supervise the general probe, they stated.

    It is known to be first of its sort mobilisation the place such numerous ladies officers have been concurrently pressed into service, they stated.

    Sources stated that a number of of those circumstances being probed by the CBI might appeal to provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which will be probed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police rank officer.

    Two Additional Superintendents of Police and 6 Deputy Superintendents of Police – all ladies – are additionally a part of the 53-member pressure, they stated.

    Since the Deputy Superintendents of Police can’t be supervisory officers in such circumstances, the company has despatched three DIGs and one SP to oversee and monitor the investigations, they stated.

    Besides 16 inspectors and 10 sub-inspectors may even be a part of the staff, they stated.

    Normally when such numerous circumstances are handed over to the CBI, the company depends upon the state involved to supply manpower as nicely, officers stated.

    But within the case of Manipur, they may attempt to minimise the position of native officers to keep away from any allegations of bias within the probe, the officers stated.

    The company has already registered eight circumstances, together with the 2 associated to the stripping and parading of girls by a mob on May 4, an incident that sparked large furore after its video appeared on social media on July 16.

    The CBI is about to research 9 extra circumstances associated to Manipur violence, which can take the entire variety of circumstances probed by the company to 17, officers have stated.

    Officials within the know of developments stated the probe by the central company wouldn’t be restricted to those 17 circumstances.

    Any different case associated to crime in opposition to ladies or sexual assault may additionally be referred to it on precedence, they stated.

    According to them, the probe company is more likely to take over yet one more case of alleged sexual assault within the state’s Churachandpur district.

    With society divided on ethnic strains, the CBI is dealing with the important activity of avoiding allegations of bias through the Manipur operation as any involvement of individuals from one neighborhood is more likely to end in finger-pointing, the officers stated.

    The central probe company will switch all forensic samples to its Central Forensic Science Laboratory based mostly within the nationwide capital.

    More than 160 individuals have been killed and a number of other hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out within the state on May 3 when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts to protest in opposition to the bulk Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe standing.

    Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and stay largely within the Imphal Valley, whereas tribals, which embody Nagas and Kukis, represent 40 per cent and reside largely within the hill districts.

    NEW DELHI: In a significant mobilisation, the CBI on Wednesday deputed 53 officers, together with 29 ladies, drawn from its models throughout the nation to probe Manipur violence circumstances, officers stated.

    The staff which incorporates three DIGs – Lovely Katiyar, Nirmala Devi and Mohit Gupta – and Superintendent of Police Rajveer will report back to Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay who will supervise the general probe, they stated.

    It is known to be first of its sort mobilisation the place such numerous ladies officers have been concurrently pressed into service, they stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Sources stated that a number of of those circumstances being probed by the CBI might appeal to provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which will be probed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police rank officer.

    Two Additional Superintendents of Police and 6 Deputy Superintendents of Police – all ladies – are additionally a part of the 53-member pressure, they stated.

    Since the Deputy Superintendents of Police can’t be supervisory officers in such circumstances, the company has despatched three DIGs and one SP to oversee and monitor the investigations, they stated.

    Besides 16 inspectors and 10 sub-inspectors may even be a part of the staff, they stated.

    Normally when such numerous circumstances are handed over to the CBI, the company depends upon the state involved to supply manpower as nicely, officers stated.

    But within the case of Manipur, they may attempt to minimise the position of native officers to keep away from any allegations of bias within the probe, the officers stated.

    The company has already registered eight circumstances, together with the 2 associated to the stripping and parading of girls by a mob on May 4, an incident that sparked large furore after its video appeared on social media on July 16.

    The CBI is about to research 9 extra circumstances associated to Manipur violence, which can take the entire variety of circumstances probed by the company to 17, officers have stated.

    Officials within the know of developments stated the probe by the central company wouldn’t be restricted to those 17 circumstances.

    Any different case associated to crime in opposition to ladies or sexual assault may additionally be referred to it on precedence, they stated.

    According to them, the probe company is more likely to take over yet one more case of alleged sexual assault within the state’s Churachandpur district.

    With society divided on ethnic strains, the CBI is dealing with the important activity of avoiding allegations of bias through the Manipur operation as any involvement of individuals from one neighborhood is more likely to end in finger-pointing, the officers stated.

    The central probe company will switch all forensic samples to its Central Forensic Science Laboratory based mostly within the nationwide capital.

    More than 160 individuals have been killed and a number of other hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out within the state on May 3 when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts to protest in opposition to the bulk Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe standing.

    Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and stay largely within the Imphal Valley, whereas tribals, which embody Nagas and Kukis, represent 40 per cent and reside largely within the hill districts.

  • MPs from opposition alliance INDIA attain Manipur, to evaluate floor scenario

    By PTI

    IMPHAL: A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc INDIA reached right here on Saturday to evaluate the bottom scenario in ethnic strife-torn Manipur.

    The staff of opposition MPs will go to a number of aid camps to fulfill victims of the ethnic clashes that broke within the northeastern state on May 3. The MPs reached Imphal by a industrial flight from Delhi.

    After their arrival right here, the delegation will go to Churachandpur, the place contemporary violence has taken place, to fulfill victims from the Kuki neighborhood within the aid camps there.

    “From Imphal, they will go by a chopper to Churachandpur due to security issues. As only one helicopter is available, the members of the delegation would be divided into two teams, and the chopper will make two trips to ferry them,” a safety official advised PTI.

    #WATCH | INDIA alliance MPs onboard the flight to Manipur from Delhi airport pic.twitter.com/wKHidDqgDt

    — ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2023

    One staff, comprising Congress chief within the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and others, would attain Churachandpur first and go to a aid camp arrange on the Boys’ Hostel of Churachandpur College.

    Another staff, comprising Congress’ deputy chief within the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi and others, would go there and go to a aid camp at Don Bosco School in Churachandpur, a supply within the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee stated.

    Members of the Kuki-Zo Women’s Forum protest at Jantar Mantar demanding a separate administration for the tribal inhabitants of Manipur residing in its hill districts. (Photo | PTI)

    “After returning to Imphal, the team led by Chowdhury will go to another relief camp at Moirang College in Bishnupur district by road to meet victims from the Meitei community,” he stated.

    The different staff of opposition MPs will go to the Ideal Girl’s College aid camp at Akampat in Imphal East district and can go to one other camp at Lamboikhongangkhong in Imphal West district.

    “On Sunday morning, the delegation will meet Governor Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhawan to discuss the ongoing situation and possible measures to bring peace in Manipur at the earliest,” the MPCC official stated.

    The staff is scheduled to return to the nationwide capital on Sunday afternoon.

    Manipur has been witnessing ethnic clashes since early May between the bulk Meitei neighborhood, concentrated within the Imphal valley, and the Kukis, occupying the hills.

    Over 160 individuals have been killed within the violence up to now.

    IMPHAL: A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc INDIA reached right here on Saturday to evaluate the bottom scenario in ethnic strife-torn Manipur.

    The staff of opposition MPs will go to a number of aid camps to fulfill victims of the ethnic clashes that broke within the northeastern state on May 3. The MPs reached Imphal by a industrial flight from Delhi.

    After their arrival right here, the delegation will go to Churachandpur, the place contemporary violence has taken place, to fulfill victims from the Kuki neighborhood within the aid camps there.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    “From Imphal, they will go by a chopper to Churachandpur due to security issues. As only one helicopter is available, the members of the delegation would be divided into two teams, and the chopper will make two trips to ferry them,” a safety official advised PTI.

    #WATCH | INDIA alliance MPs onboard the flight to Manipur from Delhi airport pic.twitter.com/wKHidDqgDt
    — ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2023
    One staff, comprising Congress chief within the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and others, would attain Churachandpur first and go to a aid camp arrange on the Boys’ Hostel of Churachandpur College.

    Another staff, comprising Congress’ deputy chief within the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi and others, would go there and go to a aid camp at Don Bosco School in Churachandpur, a supply within the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee stated.

    Members of the Kuki-Zo Women’s Forum protest at Jantar Mantar demanding a separate administration for the tribal inhabitants of Manipur residing in its hill districts. (Photo | PTI)

    “After returning to Imphal, the team led by Chowdhury will go to another relief camp at Moirang College in Bishnupur district by road to meet victims from the Meitei community,” he stated.

    The different staff of opposition MPs will go to the Ideal Girl’s College aid camp at Akampat in Imphal East district and can go to one other camp at Lamboikhongangkhong in Imphal West district.

    “On Sunday morning, the delegation will meet Governor Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhawan to discuss the ongoing situation and possible measures to bring peace in Manipur at the earliest,” the MPCC official stated.

    The staff is scheduled to return to the nationwide capital on Sunday afternoon.

    Manipur has been witnessing ethnic clashes since early May between the bulk Meitei neighborhood, concentrated within the Imphal valley, and the Kukis, occupying the hills.

    Over 160 individuals have been killed within the violence up to now.

  • Violence, vandalism rocks Allahabad University campus after pupil’s sudden demise

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: A day after the sudden demise of an undergraduate pupil after consuming water from a water cooler on Allahabad University (AU) campus on Tuesday afternoon, lots of of scholars on Wednesday, staged an enormous violent protest on the campus and out of doors resorting to vandalism, damaging property and even misbehaving with some feminine professors.

    While demanding the registration of an FIR in opposition to the AU authorities together with the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, the DSW and the Proctor, the protesting college students sought their resignation and compensation for the household of the deceased.

    As per the AU sources, Ashutosh Dubey, 22, a fifth-semester pupil of Bachelor of Vocational Studies (BVoS) of IPS, went to drink water on the water cooler close to the Students’ Union constructing in Arts school on Tuesday. While consuming, he collapsed and was rushed to SRN hospital the place he was declared lifeless upon arrival by the docs.

    As per college students, Ashutosh was presently staying with a relative in Allahpur’s locality.  The postmortem of the physique was performed on the morgue situated at SRN Hospital campus late on Monday night. Officials stated that it was a case of suspected poisoning and the viscera has been preserved to find out the precise explanation for demise.

    Ashutosh was the one son of Ganesh Shankar Dubey, a farmer of Arakhurd village below Uttaraon police station of Prayagraj and the one brother to his two sisters.

    The protesting college students alleged that AU authorities failed to supply an ambulance in time even though it was stationed on the campus and that they needed to take the sufferer on an e-rickshaw. They additionally alleged that the safety personnel didn’t enable the e-rickshaw to enter the campus.

    Dubey’s father Ganesh Shankar Dubey filed a grievance in opposition to the college administration on the Colonelganj police station late on Tuesday night time. However, on Wednesday, Dubey’s father gave a brand new grievance by which he dropped the title of V-C and Registrar however demanded the police authorities to lodge an FIR in opposition to the Dean, Student Welfare (DSW) and Proctor.

    On a rampage, the agitated pupil leaders, on Wednesday, blocked the busy Motilal Nehru Road on the KPUC gate adopted by the entry and exit gates. They additionally blocked the Library gate of the Arts campus. A gaggle of pupil leaders then went to varied departments and compelled them to shut suspending the lessons. The agitated college students went to the proctor’s workplace and indulged in a heated argument with the proctor and his crew.

    At the Sanskrit division, college students resorted to vandalism breaking earthen pots, furnishings and many others. They broken the glass panes of the almirah and doorways of the Central Library. They additionally abused the feminine lecturers of the division and allegedly manhandled them by forcing them out of the workers room. Videos of violent protests by the enraged college students, accompanied by the daddy of the deceased, made rounds on social media.

    The agitation ended at round 3:00 pm, when the police accepted the appliance of Dubey’s father, whereby, he had held DSW Prof Shanty Sunderam, and Proctor Rakesh Singh accountable for the sudden demise of his son. Police have assured them of registering a case on the idea of the grievance.

    However, refuting the allegations of negligence, AU public relation officer (PRO) Prof Jaya Kapoor claimed that an ambulance was dispatched as quickly as the data of the collapse of a pupil was obtained.

    “Some external chaotic elements under the leadership of Ajay Yadav ‘Samrat’ vandalized the university campus and indulged in indecency and scuffle with some female teachers causing injury to them. The university administration had taken prompt action on its part. The assault on women on the campus and vandalism on the pretext of death of the student is highly condemnable. Police should take strict action against such anti-social elements otherwise it will be difficult for the teachers to conduct classes in an atmosphere of personal insecurity,” stated the PRO in an announcement.

    ACP Chirag Jain stated that after a lot effort college students had been satisfied to name off their protest. Further motion can be taken after going by means of the complaints obtained in regard to the incident, he added.

    Meanwhile, police took the physique to the sufferer’s ancestral village alongside together with his father and held the cremation on Wednesday night. The pupil leaders held a mourning assembly on the pupil union constructing within the night.

    LUCKNOW: A day after the sudden demise of an undergraduate pupil after consuming water from a water cooler on Allahabad University (AU) campus on Tuesday afternoon, lots of of scholars on Wednesday, staged an enormous violent protest on the campus and out of doors resorting to vandalism, damaging property and even misbehaving with some feminine professors.

    While demanding the registration of an FIR in opposition to the AU authorities together with the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, the DSW and the Proctor, the protesting college students sought their resignation and compensation for the household of the deceased.

    As per the AU sources, Ashutosh Dubey, 22, a fifth-semester pupil of Bachelor of Vocational Studies (BVoS) of IPS, went to drink water on the water cooler close to the Students’ Union constructing in Arts school on Tuesday. While consuming, he collapsed and was rushed to SRN hospital the place he was declared lifeless upon arrival by the docs.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    As per college students, Ashutosh was presently staying with a relative in Allahpur’s locality.  The postmortem of the physique was performed on the morgue situated at SRN Hospital campus late on Monday night. Officials stated that it was a case of suspected poisoning and the viscera has been preserved to find out the precise explanation for demise.

    Ashutosh was the one son of Ganesh Shankar Dubey, a farmer of Arakhurd village below Uttaraon police station of Prayagraj and the one brother to his two sisters.

    The protesting college students alleged that AU authorities failed to supply an ambulance in time even though it was stationed on the campus and that they needed to take the sufferer on an e-rickshaw. They additionally alleged that the safety personnel didn’t enable the e-rickshaw to enter the campus.

    Dubey’s father Ganesh Shankar Dubey filed a grievance in opposition to the college administration on the Colonelganj police station late on Tuesday night time. However, on Wednesday, Dubey’s father gave a brand new grievance by which he dropped the title of V-C and Registrar however demanded the police authorities to lodge an FIR in opposition to the Dean, Student Welfare (DSW) and Proctor.

    On a rampage, the agitated pupil leaders, on Wednesday, blocked the busy Motilal Nehru Road on the KPUC gate adopted by the entry and exit gates. They additionally blocked the Library gate of the Arts campus. A gaggle of pupil leaders then went to varied departments and compelled them to shut suspending the lessons. The agitated college students went to the proctor’s workplace and indulged in a heated argument with the proctor and his crew.

    At the Sanskrit division, college students resorted to vandalism breaking earthen pots, furnishings and many others. They broken the glass panes of the almirah and doorways of the Central Library. They additionally abused the feminine lecturers of the division and allegedly manhandled them by forcing them out of the workers room. Videos of violent protests by the enraged college students, accompanied by the daddy of the deceased, made rounds on social media.

    The agitation ended at round 3:00 pm, when the police accepted the appliance of Dubey’s father, whereby, he had held DSW Prof Shanty Sunderam, and Proctor Rakesh Singh accountable for the sudden demise of his son. Police have assured them of registering a case on the idea of the grievance.

    However, refuting the allegations of negligence, AU public relation officer (PRO) Prof Jaya Kapoor claimed that an ambulance was dispatched as quickly as the data of the collapse of a pupil was obtained.

    “Some external chaotic elements under the leadership of Ajay Yadav ‘Samrat’ vandalized the university campus and indulged in indecency and scuffle with some female teachers causing injury to them. The university administration had taken prompt action on its part. The assault on women on the campus and vandalism on the pretext of death of the student is highly condemnable. Police should take strict action against such anti-social elements otherwise it will be difficult for the teachers to conduct classes in an atmosphere of personal insecurity,” stated the PRO in an announcement.

    ACP Chirag Jain stated that after a lot effort college students had been satisfied to name off their protest. Further motion can be taken after going by means of the complaints obtained in regard to the incident, he added.

    Meanwhile, police took the physique to the sufferer’s ancestral village alongside together with his father and held the cremation on Wednesday night. The pupil leaders held a mourning assembly on the pupil union constructing within the night.

  • Bengal: TMC employee killed, Cong activist shot at in rural ballot violence 

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) employee was killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence forward of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police mentioned on Sunday.

    The TMC employee, recognized as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, was shot lifeless within the Phulmalancha space in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district late on Saturday evening when he was returning dwelling, a police officer mentioned.

    In one other incident at Samserganj in Murshidabad district on Sunday evening, Congress employee Arif Seikh was severely injured after being shot at by unidentified males, one other police officer mentioned.

    Seikh was taken to the Jangipur Hospital after he was shot at throughout an altercation with some individuals when he was campaigning for native panchayat candidate, the officer mentioned, including that his situation was vital.

    As information of the assault on Seikh surfaced, Congress staff blocked roads in several components of Samserganj, disrupting vehicular motion for a number of hours.

    Samserganj Block Congress president B Seikh alleged that the TMC was “behind the unprovoked firing incident” and mentioned social gathering staff would once more reveal on Monday.

    However, the TMC denied the cost, asserting that the firing incident occurred “due to rivalry” and it has “nothing to do with politics”.

    In the Basanti incident, an area Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief claimed that the deceased, who was an in depth affiliate of TMC chief Amarul Laskar, was a “victim of infighting within the ruling party”.

    Molla’s daughter Manwara, who’s a TMC candidate in Kathalberia gram panchayat, additionally alleged that her father had complained to the police about “frequent threats” from a rival faction which requested him to give up politics however the “law enforcers did not take any action”.

    “I am a first-time candidate. My candidature is not liked by another local faction in the party. I demand a high-level probe into the murder of my father,” she advised reporters.

    Local TMC MLA Saokat Molla mentioned the police will probe the matter and take immediate motion towards whoever is accountable.

    With the contemporary dying, 10 individuals have been killed up to now in rural poll-related violence in West Bengal because the submitting of nominations started on June 9, in accordance with police stories.

    Meanwhile, not less than 10 individuals had been injured in clashes between CPI(M) and ISF supporters on one aspect and people of the TMC on the opposite in Paschim Medinipur district on Sunday, police mentioned.

    The incident passed off within the Krishnapur space in Chandrakona within the morning after TMC members tried to place up social gathering flags and confronted resistance from opposition activists.

    The 10 injured individuals, who belong to each camps, have been admitted to hospitals, the place they’re present process therapy, one other police officer mentioned, including that their situation is said to be secure.

    In one other incident, Ibrahim Mollah, a TMC candidate in Chaltaberia gram panchayat, was severely injured when he was thrashed and stabbed allegedly by ISF activists on Saturday evening, the police mentioned.

    The incident occurred when he was returning dwelling within the Bhangar space in South 24 Parganas after campaigning, the officer mentioned.

    TMC chief Saokat Molla alleged that ISF’s Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique was “behind the attack” as he wished to unleash a “reign of terror” within the space.

    Siddique, nevertheless, dismissed the cost and alleged that the TMC was “threatening and intimidating ISF workers” in villages.

    “Villagers are protesting against the atrocities and ‘bomb culture’ of the TMC. These protests are not being liked by the gang patronised by the ruling party leader. The ISF believes in peaceful movement by people, not violence,” he added.

    Around 5.67 crore individuals are eligible to forged their votes within the three-tier panchayat elections within the state on July 8 for practically 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats.

    KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) employee was killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence forward of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police mentioned on Sunday.

    The TMC employee, recognized as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, was shot lifeless within the Phulmalancha space in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district late on Saturday evening when he was returning dwelling, a police officer mentioned.

    In one other incident at Samserganj in Murshidabad district on Sunday evening, Congress employee Arif Seikh was severely injured after being shot at by unidentified males, one other police officer mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Seikh was taken to the Jangipur Hospital after he was shot at throughout an altercation with some individuals when he was campaigning for native panchayat candidate, the officer mentioned, including that his situation was vital.

    As information of the assault on Seikh surfaced, Congress staff blocked roads in several components of Samserganj, disrupting vehicular motion for a number of hours.

    Samserganj Block Congress president B Seikh alleged that the TMC was “behind the unprovoked firing incident” and mentioned social gathering staff would once more reveal on Monday.

    However, the TMC denied the cost, asserting that the firing incident occurred “due to rivalry” and it has “nothing to do with politics”.

    In the Basanti incident, an area Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief claimed that the deceased, who was an in depth affiliate of TMC chief Amarul Laskar, was a “victim of infighting within the ruling party”.

    Molla’s daughter Manwara, who’s a TMC candidate in Kathalberia gram panchayat, additionally alleged that her father had complained to the police about “frequent threats” from a rival faction which requested him to give up politics however the “law enforcers did not take any action”.

    “I am a first-time candidate. My candidature is not liked by another local faction in the party. I demand a high-level probe into the murder of my father,” she advised reporters.

    Local TMC MLA Saokat Molla mentioned the police will probe the matter and take immediate motion towards whoever is accountable.

    With the contemporary dying, 10 individuals have been killed up to now in rural poll-related violence in West Bengal because the submitting of nominations started on June 9, in accordance with police stories.

    Meanwhile, not less than 10 individuals had been injured in clashes between CPI(M) and ISF supporters on one aspect and people of the TMC on the opposite in Paschim Medinipur district on Sunday, police mentioned.

    The incident passed off within the Krishnapur space in Chandrakona within the morning after TMC members tried to place up social gathering flags and confronted resistance from opposition activists.

    The 10 injured individuals, who belong to each camps, have been admitted to hospitals, the place they’re present process therapy, one other police officer mentioned, including that their situation is said to be secure.

    In one other incident, Ibrahim Mollah, a TMC candidate in Chaltaberia gram panchayat, was severely injured when he was thrashed and stabbed allegedly by ISF activists on Saturday evening, the police mentioned.

    The incident occurred when he was returning dwelling within the Bhangar space in South 24 Parganas after campaigning, the officer mentioned.

    TMC chief Saokat Molla alleged that ISF’s Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique was “behind the attack” as he wished to unleash a “reign of terror” within the space.

    Siddique, nevertheless, dismissed the cost and alleged that the TMC was “threatening and intimidating ISF workers” in villages.

    “Villagers are protesting against the atrocities and ‘bomb culture’ of the TMC. These protests are not being liked by the gang patronised by the ruling party leader. The ISF believes in peaceful movement by people, not violence,” he added.

    Around 5.67 crore individuals are eligible to forged their votes within the three-tier panchayat elections within the state on July 8 for practically 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats.

  • Violence continues in Bengal over upcoming rural polls, TMC candidate overwhelmed to demise

    Express News Service

    KOLKATA: As blood continued soaking the soil of Bengal earlier than the upcoming panchayat elections with the homicide of a candidate in Malda on Saturday, the state election fee moved the Supreme Court difficult the order of the Calcutta High Court which directed the state ballot panel to deploy central pressure personnel throughout the state for the upcoming rural polls following studies of large-scale violence.

    A complete of six individuals had been killed since June 9, after the state election fee introduced that panchayat polls in Bengal shall be held in a single part on July 8. Governor C.V. Ananda Bose visited trouble-torn Bhangar, South 24 Parganas, on Friday, the place three individuals had been gunned down on the final day of submitting nominations on Thursday, and stated, “Victory depends on the count of votes, not dead bodies.”

    “We moved the Apex court challenging the order of a division bench of the high court. Our petition was accepted and a hearing will be held on Monday. Though the high court on Thursday directed the state poll panel to deploy central forces within 48 hours of the order, it will not be effective immediately as we have moved the Supreme Court,” stated a TMC chief.

    Violence continued within the state over the upcoming rural polls. Mustafa Sheikh of Sujapur in Malda, a Trinamool Congress candidate of an area panchayat, was overwhelmed brutally when he was returning dwelling from the native centre the place nominations had been being scrutinised.

    “Mustafa was taken to a local healthcare centre with severe injuries on his head but the doctors declared him dead on arrival,” stated a police officer.   

    Though the TMC alleged Mustafa, in his late 40s, was murdered by Congress supporters, the police stated they’re probing the incident to determine whether or not it was fall out of an intra-party feud.

    “Many workers of the ruling party are unhappy after being denied tickets in the rural polls which resulted in rivalry among the TMC supporters. We are exploring all possible aspects to find out whether Mustafa had developed any rivalry because of his candidature in the rural polls,” stated a police officer.

    The Congress denied any involvement of its occasion supporters within the incident.

    In the upcoming panchayat elections, greater than 17,000 candidates submitted their nominations as unbiased contestants which irked the ruling occasion TMC. In a core committee assembly of the occasion at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Saturday afternoon, she reportedly requested to ship a message for the disgruntled who’re contesting as unbiased candidates defying the occasion’s dictate.

    “We are making it clear that if our party workers, who submitted their nominations as independent candidate, do not withdraw their candidature, the door for the party will remain shut for them forever,” stated TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee.

    Referring to the homicide of the TMC candidate in Malda, Banerjee stated the occasion desires an intensive probe into the incident.

    KOLKATA: As blood continued soaking the soil of Bengal earlier than the upcoming panchayat elections with the homicide of a candidate in Malda on Saturday, the state election fee moved the Supreme Court difficult the order of the Calcutta High Court which directed the state ballot panel to deploy central pressure personnel throughout the state for the upcoming rural polls following studies of large-scale violence.

    A complete of six individuals had been killed since June 9, after the state election fee introduced that panchayat polls in Bengal shall be held in a single part on July 8. Governor C.V. Ananda Bose visited trouble-torn Bhangar, South 24 Parganas, on Friday, the place three individuals had been gunned down on the final day of submitting nominations on Thursday, and stated, “Victory depends on the count of votes, not dead bodies.”

    “We moved the Apex court challenging the order of a division bench of the high court. Our petition was accepted and a hearing will be held on Monday. Though the high court on Thursday directed the state poll panel to deploy central forces within 48 hours of the order, it will not be effective immediately as we have moved the Supreme Court,” stated a TMC chief.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Violence continued within the state over the upcoming rural polls. Mustafa Sheikh of Sujapur in Malda, a Trinamool Congress candidate of an area panchayat, was overwhelmed brutally when he was returning dwelling from the native centre the place nominations had been being scrutinised.

    “Mustafa was taken to a local healthcare centre with severe injuries on his head but the doctors declared him dead on arrival,” stated a police officer.   

    Though the TMC alleged Mustafa, in his late 40s, was murdered by Congress supporters, the police stated they’re probing the incident to determine whether or not it was fall out of an intra-party feud.

    “Many workers of the ruling party are unhappy after being denied tickets in the rural polls which resulted in rivalry among the TMC supporters. We are exploring all possible aspects to find out whether Mustafa had developed any rivalry because of his candidature in the rural polls,” stated a police officer.

    The Congress denied any involvement of its occasion supporters within the incident.

    In the upcoming panchayat elections, greater than 17,000 candidates submitted their nominations as unbiased contestants which irked the ruling occasion TMC. In a core committee assembly of the occasion at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Saturday afternoon, she reportedly requested to ship a message for the disgruntled who’re contesting as unbiased candidates defying the occasion’s dictate.

    “We are making it clear that if our party workers, who submitted their nominations as independent candidate, do not withdraw their candidature, the door for the party will remain shut for them forever,” stated TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee.

    Referring to the homicide of the TMC candidate in Malda, Banerjee stated the occasion desires an intensive probe into the incident.

  • Violence over panchayat ballot nomination continues in Bengal

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Violence continued to rock components of West Bengal over the submitting of nominations for the July 8 panchayat ballot for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday, as activists of the ruling TMC and opposition events.

    Clashes had been reported in components of South 24 Parganas and Bankura districts prompting the police to make use of pressure to disperse the mobs.

    Supporters of Indian Secular Front (ISF) and TMC clashed in Bhangore space of South 24 Parganas, practically 30 km from Kolkata.

    An enormous police contingent was rushed to the spot, which resorted to baton cost to regulate the scenario.

    Bombs had been hurled and several other vehicles had been ransacked as supporters of the 2 events tried to cease one another from submitting nominations.

    Several activists belonging to the 2 events had been injured, the police stated.

    ISF MLA from Bhangore, Naushad Siddique, went to fulfill Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee within the afternoon to transient her in regards to the scenario in his constituency.

    The legislator, nevertheless, couldn’t meet Banerjee because of her “pressing engagements” and left.

    “I had come here to meet Banerjee at the state secretariat and inform her about the situation in Bhangore where opposition candidates were threatened and stopped from filing nominations. But since she was busy, I could not meet her,” Siddique advised reporters.

    A senior official on the Chief Minister’s Office advised PTI that the assembly couldn’t be held due to Banerjee’s urgent engagements.

    When contacted, a senior officer of Bhangore Police Station stated that they had been but to arrest anybody for the clashes there.

    Similar scenes had been witnessed in Canning space of the district, as miscreants alleged to be members of dissident teams of the TMC tried to cease the submitting of nomination of the celebration’s official candidates.

    The miscreants hurled bombs and threw stones in the direction of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel and the police fired tear fuel shells to quell the scenario.

    The SDPO of Canning was injured within the assault as police detained round seven individuals for his or her alleged involvement in violence, an official stated.

    Officials stated that in Bankura’ Indas space, BJP activists clashed with the TMC supporters exterior the nomination submitting centre.

    Supporters of each teams got here to blows and pelted one another with stones, whilst police tried to regulate the scenario within the space, which is about 135 km from the town.

    Police later detained not less than three individuals from Indas in reference to the violence in Bankura district, he added.

    Since the start of nomination submitting on June 9, violence has marred the nomination submitting course of in numerous components of the state, with the opposition – BJP, Congress and CPI (M) accusing the TMC of utilizing muscle energy to cease candidates of opposition events from submitting nominations.

    “The TMC goons unleashed violence since last night to stop our candidates from filing nominations,” ISF chief and Bhangore MLA Naushad Siddique stated.

    TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dismissed the allegations and claimed: “The ISF is trying to unleash violence in the area.”

    The TMC additionally requested the opposition events to launch its candidates’ record and stated that if wanted, it’ll assist them to file their nominations.

    The state’s three-tier panchayat election encompassing a big voters of roughly 5.67 crores, will train their franchise to decide on representatives for practically 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samiti, and gram panchayats.

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the requisition and deployment of central forces for the agricultural ballot however refused to contemplate the plea for extending the time for submitting of nominations and left it to the discretion of the State Election Commission.

    KOLKATA: Violence continued to rock components of West Bengal over the submitting of nominations for the July 8 panchayat ballot for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday, as activists of the ruling TMC and opposition events.

    Clashes had been reported in components of South 24 Parganas and Bankura districts prompting the police to make use of pressure to disperse the mobs.

    Supporters of Indian Secular Front (ISF) and TMC clashed in Bhangore space of South 24 Parganas, practically 30 km from Kolkata.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    An enormous police contingent was rushed to the spot, which resorted to baton cost to regulate the scenario.

    Bombs had been hurled and several other vehicles had been ransacked as supporters of the 2 events tried to cease one another from submitting nominations.

    Several activists belonging to the 2 events had been injured, the police stated.

    ISF MLA from Bhangore, Naushad Siddique, went to fulfill Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee within the afternoon to transient her in regards to the scenario in his constituency.

    The legislator, nevertheless, couldn’t meet Banerjee because of her “pressing engagements” and left.

    “I had come here to meet Banerjee at the state secretariat and inform her about the situation in Bhangore where opposition candidates were threatened and stopped from filing nominations. But since she was busy, I could not meet her,” Siddique advised reporters.

    A senior official on the Chief Minister’s Office advised PTI that the assembly couldn’t be held due to Banerjee’s urgent engagements.

    When contacted, a senior officer of Bhangore Police Station stated that they had been but to arrest anybody for the clashes there.

    Similar scenes had been witnessed in Canning space of the district, as miscreants alleged to be members of dissident teams of the TMC tried to cease the submitting of nomination of the celebration’s official candidates.

    The miscreants hurled bombs and threw stones in the direction of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel and the police fired tear fuel shells to quell the scenario.

    The SDPO of Canning was injured within the assault as police detained round seven individuals for his or her alleged involvement in violence, an official stated.

    Officials stated that in Bankura’ Indas space, BJP activists clashed with the TMC supporters exterior the nomination submitting centre.

    Supporters of each teams got here to blows and pelted one another with stones, whilst police tried to regulate the scenario within the space, which is about 135 km from the town.

    Police later detained not less than three individuals from Indas in reference to the violence in Bankura district, he added.

    Since the start of nomination submitting on June 9, violence has marred the nomination submitting course of in numerous components of the state, with the opposition – BJP, Congress and CPI (M) accusing the TMC of utilizing muscle energy to cease candidates of opposition events from submitting nominations.

    “The TMC goons unleashed violence since last night to stop our candidates from filing nominations,” ISF chief and Bhangore MLA Naushad Siddique stated.

    TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dismissed the allegations and claimed: “The ISF is trying to unleash violence in the area.”

    The TMC additionally requested the opposition events to launch its candidates’ record and stated that if wanted, it’ll assist them to file their nominations.

    The state’s three-tier panchayat election encompassing a big voters of roughly 5.67 crores, will train their franchise to decide on representatives for practically 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samiti, and gram panchayats.

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the requisition and deployment of central forces for the agricultural ballot however refused to contemplate the plea for extending the time for submitting of nominations and left it to the discretion of the State Election Commission.

  • Bengal panchayat polls: SEC mulling imposition of prohibitory order close to nomination centres

    By PTI

    KOLKATA:  In view of experiences of stray incidents of violence earlier than nomination centres for panchayat elections in West Bengal, the State Election Commission is mulling imposition of prohibitory orders underneath Section 144 CrPC close to such centres from Monday, a senior SEC official stated.

    “We are considering imposition of prohibitory order underneath Section 144 Crpc round nomination venues very quickly.

    Once we take the choice the notification can be issued and handed on to the DMs on clamping Section 144 CrPC and can be in pressure inside a 1 km radius distance of each such venue to stop gathering,” the official advised PTI on Sunday.

    Asked what prompted the choice, the official stated “After assessing the ground situation for the sake of smooth and peaceful electioneering process to enable all stakeholders to perform their role.”

    The state’s three-tier panchayat elections are scheduled to happen on July 8.

    The choice was preceded by experiences of violence throughout two days of nomination submitting throughout which a TMC employee was allegedly shot at in a conflict in Coochbehar, a Congress activist was shot useless in Murshidabad, and a TMC chief was caught with a firearm in Murshidabad.

    Opposition BJP, Congress and CPI(M) additionally claimed that their candidates have been prevented by ruling get together activists from submitting papers in Murshidabad, Paschim Bardhaman and South 24 Parganas district.

    “Action has been taken on the basis of receiving reports of every incident and the nomination process went on smoothly across the state since Thursday including the arrest of a political leader for moving around with a firearm in Murshidabad. The SEC will act strictly and promptly in every situation,” he added.

    The official stated over 10,000 nomination papers have been filed for three-tier elections on the primary two days throughout the state with the bulk numbers filed by opposition events.

    A Congress activist was shot useless on Friday, the primary day of nomination submitting, in Murshidabad district allegedly by TMC activists, a cost denied by the ruling get together.

    On the second day, incidents of violence and scuffle between staff of the ruling and opposition events have been reported in Bankura, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts.

    Opposition BJP demanded instant deployment of central forces to conduct the panchayat polls whereas the TMC asserted that the opposition is trying to find excuses fearing defeat.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP and get together spokesperson Shantanu Sen stated the opposition had confronted extreme drubbing within the 2021 meeting polls and several other assemblies and one Lok Sabha by-elections, all of which have been carried out within the presence of central forces.

    “People of Bengal are solidly behind the TMC and not with the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M). The opposition may demand deployment of peacekeeping force from the United Nations in panchayat polls if they want,” Sen stated.

    The panchayat polls can be held within the state on July 8. The 2018 rural ballot course of was marred by violence and alleged malpractices in a number of districts.

    KOLKATA:  In view of experiences of stray incidents of violence earlier than nomination centres for panchayat elections in West Bengal, the State Election Commission is mulling imposition of prohibitory orders underneath Section 144 CrPC close to such centres from Monday, a senior SEC official stated.

    “We are considering imposition of prohibitory order underneath Section 144 Crpc round nomination venues very quickly.

    Once we take the choice the notification can be issued and handed on to the DMs on clamping Section 144 CrPC and can be in pressure inside a 1 km radius distance of each such venue to stop gathering,” the official advised PTI on Sunday.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Asked what prompted the choice, the official stated “After assessing the ground situation for the sake of smooth and peaceful electioneering process to enable all stakeholders to perform their role.”

    The state’s three-tier panchayat elections are scheduled to happen on July 8.

    The choice was preceded by experiences of violence throughout two days of nomination submitting throughout which a TMC employee was allegedly shot at in a conflict in Coochbehar, a Congress activist was shot useless in Murshidabad, and a TMC chief was caught with a firearm in Murshidabad.

    Opposition BJP, Congress and CPI(M) additionally claimed that their candidates have been prevented by ruling get together activists from submitting papers in Murshidabad, Paschim Bardhaman and South 24 Parganas district.

    “Action has been taken on the basis of receiving reports of every incident and the nomination process went on smoothly across the state since Thursday including the arrest of a political leader for moving around with a firearm in Murshidabad. The SEC will act strictly and promptly in every situation,” he added.

    The official stated over 10,000 nomination papers have been filed for three-tier elections on the primary two days throughout the state with the bulk numbers filed by opposition events.

    A Congress activist was shot useless on Friday, the primary day of nomination submitting, in Murshidabad district allegedly by TMC activists, a cost denied by the ruling get together.

    On the second day, incidents of violence and scuffle between staff of the ruling and opposition events have been reported in Bankura, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts.

    Opposition BJP demanded instant deployment of central forces to conduct the panchayat polls whereas the TMC asserted that the opposition is trying to find excuses fearing defeat.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP and get together spokesperson Shantanu Sen stated the opposition had confronted extreme drubbing within the 2021 meeting polls and several other assemblies and one Lok Sabha by-elections, all of which have been carried out within the presence of central forces.

    “People of Bengal are solidly behind the TMC and not with the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M). The opposition may demand deployment of peacekeeping force from the United Nations in panchayat polls if they want,” Sen stated.

    The panchayat polls can be held within the state on July 8. The 2018 rural ballot course of was marred by violence and alleged malpractices in a number of districts.