Friday, December 05, 2008

WEST BENGAL : LAW & ORDER

On October 31, CPI(M) leader Indrajit Mura was found murdered by Maoists for being a "police sleuth". Police went to Mura’s house to recover his body, but left important documents at Mura’s neighbour’s house. When these neighbours called the police to take back these papers, they were so scared they never went to recover these. Conceitedly, Raj Kanojia, IG (Law and Order), refused to call it a 'lapse' on the part of police.

Another such failure happened at Singur where a large contingent of police and RAF remained mute spectators to "Nano Bachao Committee" (NBC) rampage. An outfit under CPI(M) zonal committee secretary Amar Chanda, NBC toughs beat up senior journalists Himangshu Haldar and Barun Dasgupta. Though they were put in an ambulance, CPI(M) cadre tried to set it on fire.

Says CPI MP Prabodh Panda, "Police must be more duty-bound." Congress MLA from Medinipur, Dr Manas Bhunia, an MLA from the same district, squarely blames the administration. And Trinamool Congress MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay ridiculed the state administration as "a pack of slave workers of CPI(M)".....Continue