BJP Alleges Bengal Police Harassed Murshidabad Riot Sufferer’s Kin, Tried Compelled Return – News18

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The BJP chief known as the West Bengal police, below Mamata Banerjee, “worse than Hitler’s Gestapo”.
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Within the wake of the Murshidabad riots, through which Harogobind Das and his son Chandan Das have been killed, the alleged inaction of West Bengal police has sparked widespread outrage.
The violence erupted in components of Murshidabad, together with Shamsherganj, Dhulian, Suti, and Jangipur, in April throughout protests over the newly enacted Waqf (Modification) Act.
BJP IT Cell Chief Amit Malviya on Sunday alleged that the victims’ household, who remains to be reeling from the loss, confronted additional harassment when the police, seemingly trying to cowl their tracks, took sudden motion based mostly on unverified claims.
The BJP chief known as the West Bengal police, below Mamata Banerjee, “worse than Hitler’s Gestapo”, including that the police “tried to forcibly take the household again to Murshidabad” who took refuge in a rented residence in Bidhannagar, Kolkata.
“Shockingly, the identical police pressure that stood by silently as a radical Islamist mob murdered the daddy and son has now taken sudden motion based mostly on unverified claims that the household was kidnapped. And not using a warrant, police from Murshidabad and Bidhannagar broke into the rented home, the place solely two widowed ladies, different feminine family members, and two younger kids have been current,” he wrote on X.
West Bengal police, below Mamata Banerjee, is worse than Hitler’s Gestapo.In Murshidabad, below the very nostril of the administration, Harogobind Das and his son Chandan Das have been brutally killed in an anti-Hindu riot. Fearing for his or her lives, their surviving members of the family took… pic.twitter.com/QD06aVKHun
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) Might 4, 2025
“In what seems to be an effort to cowl their earlier inaction, the police tried to forcibly take the household again to Murshidabad,” Malviya added.
Upon receiving the details about the incident, the BJP leaders and authorized representatives rushed to the situation.
Malviya stated that the police shortly fled after being confronted by their presence. “Had the BJP not intervened, this susceptible Hindu household might need suffered additional injustice—this time by the hands of the very forces meant to guard them,” he added.
“In an obvious bid to whitewash their function within the Murshidabad riots and assist the politically declining Trinamool Congress, some at the moment are falsely claiming that the deceased have been their social gathering employees. But as we speak, because the bereaved household faces harassment in Kolkata, it’s only the BJP that stands by them,” the BJP ladder wrote on X.
Malviya stated that it’s the BJP alone that “continues to face with persecuted Hindus” throughout West Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari Slams West Bengal Govt
Chief of Opposition and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari stated that the West Bengal authorities have to be held accountable for failing to make sure the protection and dignity of all residents, notably these traumatised by selective focused violence.
“The tragic deaths of Late Haragobinda Das and Late Chandan Das in Jafarabad, Samsherganj, Murshidabad, are a heartbreaking reminder of the delicate security of our Sanatani neighborhood in WB. The household rejected the compensation provided by the WB Govt because of ideological variations and discontent concerning the Administration’s dealing with of the scenario, suggesting an absence of belief within the Govt’s intentions. The Mamata Banerjee Govt should cling its head in disgrace,” he wrote on X.
The LoP condemned the breaking of the visitor home the place the grieving household was staying, allegedly by the Kolkata police and stated, “Such heavy-handed techniques are an affront to justice and compassion, particularly for a household in search of authorized recourse by the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom for a CBI enquiry into their family members’ deaths.”
“Belief of the household can’t be achieved by pressure or suppression, however by accountability and empathy. The folks of West Bengal deserve higher, they deserve a authorities that upholds the rule of regulation and fosters peace, not one which exacerbates division or mistrust,” he added.
The unrest led to the deaths of no less than three folks, left dozens injured, and broken over 100 homes, as per official estimates. The scenario prompted a state-wide safety evaluation, with over 300 arrests and the formation of a Particular Investigation Staff to probe the incidents.
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