Kolkata, April 26
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that outsiders were brought to the state to carry out attacks on the local Police Station and private property at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district.
Banerjee alleged BJP was behind the incidents of vandalism that rocked Kaliaganj on Tuesday following the death of a minor girl last week and directed the state police to explore attaching properties of those found involved in the case of arson and violence.
“Outsiders were brought in to set fire to Kaliaganj police station as well as ordinary people’s property. Police will explore attaching properties of those involved in rioting,” Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat after an administrative meeting.
“BJP brought hooligans from Bihar and they ransacked and set on fire the Kaliaganj police station. They planned the entire vandalism. Even policewomen were assaulted,” the chief minister claimed.
She said the police will probe both the girl’s death as also the arson and vandalism which occurred on Tuesday.
“Our government is with the family of the victim,” Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat after an administrative meeting.
“The BJP is carrying out hooliganism in Bengal. They are attempting to create disturbance in Bengal. We will defeat this conspiracy to create anarchy,” she said.
She claimed the centre was trying to “disturb all states where the opposition was in power.” Referring to the suspension of four police officers for allegedly dragging the body of the minor girl who died on April 17, Banerjee said that while their behaviour could not be defended, the police were attacked by miscreants who pelted them with stones and indicated this may have led them to try rush out of the area.
She said that a decision has been taken to provide body-bags to every police station at the administrative meeting held here today.
“The way the girl’s body was dragged was not correct. But how could they carry it because they were pelted with stones. We have decided to give every police station at least 10 bags to carry dead bodies. We have suspended four police men and their roles will be reviewed,” she said.
