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The resident’s of West Bengal’s Bogtui village of West Bengal’s Rampurhat area, where eight people were burnt to death following the killing of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh, have started to flee in fear and lack of confidence in the security measures provided by the police.
An air of gloom hangs in the Bogtui village post-arson as most villagers have moved out from their homes and several others are making moves.
The villagers are of the view that the police are not providing them with enough security to stay back.
“The police cannot provide us security. We are fleeing. My brother-in-law died in the incident. Had there been security by the Police, this incident wouldn’t have happened,” a villager, Sherin told ANI.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought a detailed report from the West Bengal government over the arson incident.
The move came after a nine-member delegation of BJP MPs from West Bengal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and sought his intervention and action against the perpetrators involved in the crime.
Amid the row over the incident, Mamata Banerjee urged West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar ‘to refrain from making unwarranted statements and allow the administration to conduct an impartial probe’.
Banerjee said Governor Dhankhar’s comments were not forthcoming whenever much more heinous incidents happened in the BJP-ruled states and also in other parts of the country.
We are ashamed that such an incident took place in West Bengal. Innocent people, children were burnt alive, people are leaving the village. More than 200 BJP workers have been killed so far in the state. What is the govt doing? This can’t be tolerated: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh was quoted as saying by ANI.
