Sandeshkhali: Police arrest Trinamool leader Shibu Hazra amid accusations of torture and assault
Trinamool leader Shibu Hazra,accused by villagers for torturing people and assauling women in Sandeshkhali, was arrested by police on Saturday. This is second major arrest after arrest of Uttam Sardar another close aide of absconding Trinamool leader Sheikh Shajahan.
DGP Rajeev Kumar said, «We will be reviewing all the 19 areas where Section 144 is imposed. In a day or two we will remove it in some areas to ensure people continue to lead a normal life..»
«Some questions were raised about imposing Section 144 when there was no loss of life. It was because some people were trying to give a communal colour or spread lawlessness around the incident, which is why we imposed it to maintain law and order,.» Kumar added
«There has been the case of one lady- it is also on record that she did not make any kind of allegations against us when we talked to her but what we have come to know is that in a 164 before a magistrate she has made one statement. We have added it and will bring all the perpetrator to the book whosoever it is,» Kumar said.
Kumar told media persons, «In the case of land grabbing which seems to be the main factor, from tomorrow there will be camps, and teams from the land department will be visiting to register and accept complaints.»
Meanwhile, Officials of West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) on Saturday visited the home of a woman in Sandeshkhali who has claimed that she and her child were assaulted last week by “miscreants in the presence of police”.
The six-member team
