Violence-hit Murshidabad family alleges police intimidation, write to CJI, Bengal Governor
The family of Haragobinda Das and Chandan Das, the father-son duo who were killed during the April 11 violence in Samserganj, Murshidabad, has written a letter to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court TS Sivagnanam, and West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose alleging intimidation by the state police.
The family alleged that a team of Murshidabad police on Sunday morning forcibly entered the Salt Lake residence of a BJP worker, where they have been residing for the last one week, and harassed them.
The police, on the other hand, denied the charge and said they visited the Salt Lake residence after a family member of Das in a written complaint alleged that the family had been abducted.
According to the police, some officers from the local police station in Murshidabad visited the Salt Lake residence on Sunday morning, as they wanted to speak with the family members after receiving the kidnapping complaint.
But the Das family did not agree. Allegedly, the police forcibly entered the residence by breaking open the door of the house. On receiving the information, BJP leaders, including Shankhudev Panda, Tarunjyoti Tiwari, and Sajal Ghosh, reached the spot and had a heated argument with the police.
'…we provided a formal statement (to the police) clearly stating that we had come to Kolkata on our own volition and were under no duress. Despite our cooperation, the IO continued to attempt to intimidate us, though his efforts were in vain. We were left shaken and traumatised by the brazen conduct of the officers involved, particularly Sankar Narayan Saha (Inspector-in-Charge), Rakesh Ray, Bablu Das, Manik Mondal, Kaushik Ghosh, and Chaitanya Das, who all harassed and attempted to intimidate us in clear abuse of their authority. We therefore plead with folded hands for urgent protection and intervention. We request that appropriate Central forces be deployed to ensure our safety and that we be provided secure passage to the Hon'ble High Court so that we may seek justice under the Constitution of India,' the letter written by the Das family read.
Meanwhile, BJP leader said that the Das family has been moved to another undisclosed location.
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