Police are utilizing water cannons and teargas to cease protesters marching to Nabanna
Kolkata:
The BJP has given the decision for a 12-hour strike in West Bengal tomorrow to protest the police motion on a march to state secretariat Nabanna over the rape and homicide of a 31-year-old physician in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital.
“We’re compelled to offer the decision for a common strike as this autocratic regime is popping a deaf ear to the voices of individuals, the demand for justice for the deceased physician sister. As a substitute of justice, Mamata Banerjee’s police are turning on the peace-loving individuals of the state, who solely needed a secure and safe setting for ladies,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned.
Chaotic scenes performed out on the streets resulting in Nabanna as police intercepted a protest march to the state secretariat. Riot police used teargas shells, water cannons and batons to cease the protesters from proceedings in the direction of the state secretariat. A few of the protesters had been additionally seen throwing stones in the direction of the cops.
No permission was given for the protest march and the ruling Trinamool Congress yesterday alleged a conspiracy to create unrest throw violence throughout the rally. Kolkata Police just about turned Nabanna right into a fortress and as many as 6,000 police personnel had been deployed to cease the protesters from advancing the secretariat from any route. Drones had been additionally used to maintain a watch on the protesters. Barricades have been welded into the bottom and greased to stop the protesters from scaling them.
This morning, a bunch of protesters gathered at Faculty Sq. and marched in the direction of Nabanna. They raised slogans demanding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation over the horrific rape and homicide case. Visuals confirmed the protesters shaking the barricades of their means.
Whereas the ruling Trinamool alleges this can be a BJP-backed protest, the organisers have mentioned it’s a march deliberate by pupil organisations. Lots of the outfits a part of right now’s protest should not registered organisations. Most recognized pupil outfits, together with these affiliated to political events, have distanced themselves from the protest.
This morning, Chief of the Opposition in Bengal Meeting, Suvendu Adhikari, mentioned 4 pupil activists a part of the protest plan went lacking after midnight.
“The next Scholar Activists who had been distributing meals to the volunteers, who had been arriving at Howrah Station, all of the sudden went lacking after midnight :- Subhojit Ghosh, Pulokesh Pandit, Goutam Senapati, Pritam Sarkar. Neither they are often traced nor are they answering their telephones.
We apprehend that they might have been arrested/detained by the Mamata Police. If one thing occurs to them Mamata Police will probably be held accountable,” Mr Adhikari mentioned in a submit on X.
Bengal police responded that the 4 had been planning to orchestrate large-scale violence throughout right now’s march “and had been concerned in a conspiracy of homicide and tried homicide”. “They’ve been arrested within the Curiosity of public security and safety, and their households have been knowledgeable,” they mentioned. Mr Adhikari then mentioned that the households of the 4 college students have approached the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom.
One among organisers, Shubankar Halder, has mentioned he was once an ABVP member at one level, however isn’t linked to the organisation anymore. He mentioned this protest is apolitical
At a press meet this night, Trinamool chief and Bengal minister Chandrima Bhattacharya referred to as the protest a “flop present”. “Now we have all seen how the police have acted right now regardless of provocation. They had been insulted and stones had been thrown,” she mentioned.
Condemning the BJP’s bandh name, she mentioned, “For years now, Bengal has not seen a bandh. BJP has referred to as a bandh to realize political floor, however there will probably be no bandh tomorrow.”
Earlier, the Trinamool mentioned this march was an try to create chaos within the identify of protest. Ms Bhattacharya informed the media yesterday, “This can be a BJP-ABVP plot to create disturbance. This can be a plot to open fireplace by criminals in police uniform. Tomorrow there are exams. Can college students do that? They’re doing vulture politics.”
The Trinamool launched two movies to emphasize that there’s a plot to create unrest. Within the movies, the authenticity of which NDTV has not verified, a number of males are heard saying, “we’d like our bodies”. Trinamool chief Jayprakash Majumdar alleged, “The BJP management has been informed that until a Nandigram-type incident occurs and there are useless our bodies, the tide won’t flip in BJP’s favour.”
