NIA harassed women in Bhupatinagar: Mamata Banerjee

Updated: Apr 6th, 2024

Source: IANS

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee today said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) personnel harassed local women in Bhupatinagar.  

“Women did not attack anyone in Bhupatinagar. The NIA actually attacked first. If they go to a residence at odd hours and harass the women, what will they do? Will they sit at home and cover their faces?” the CM asked while addressing an election rally at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district.

CM said that the NIA action before the Lok Sabha polls is basically meant to help BJP in East Midnapore district. 

“Some firecrackers had exploded in Bhupatinagar. NIA went there in the wee hours and that too before the elections,” the CM said.

The CM also questioned the neutrality of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

“We don’t want a BJP-controlled commission. We want an independent and unbiased commission. Arresting leaders and workers of Trinamool before the elections will not be tolerated at any cost, just as the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi is not acceptable,” the CM said.

Earlier, the CM had accused the ED officials of provoking locals in Sandeshkhali. “They went to Sandeshkhali targeting Shahjahan,” the CM had said. 

The NIA team was attacked by a group of local people in Bhupatinagar in the East Midnapore district today who had gone there to investigate an explosion which took place in Dec 2022, killing three persons.

This is the second attack on the central investigating agency in less than three months in West Bengal.

On Jan 5, ED and CAPF personnel were attacked by the locals in Sandeshkhali in which Trinamool leader Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested.

(Source: IANS)

-Edited for style

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