Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has written to President Droupadi Murmu and West Bengal Governor RN Ravi, seeking meetings with party delegations over what it described as lawlessness and the alleged systematic misuse of police in the state.
The move comes after the Kolkata office of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly ransacked and looted by unidentified men in the early hours of Thursday. Banerjee shared CCTV footage that purportedly showed masked men inside the office and fleeing with electronic equipment, including a television and other gadgets. The office is located on the seventh floor of a multi-storey building on Camac Street in Kolkata.
Banerjee alleged that the BJP was behind the attack and questioned whether the West Bengal governor, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Prime Minister's Office would take action. He also urged the judiciary, particularly the Calcutta High Court, to take note of what he described as violence, vandalism and intimidation in the state. Banerjee further accused West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari of resorting to intimidation and said that if the Opposition was being treated through violence and vandalism, the chief minister had no moral authority to remain in office and should resign.
Police have detained six people for questioning in connection with the alleged break-in and vandalism, while an investigation is underway. TMC IT Cell in-charge Upashna Chaudhary also alleged that people associated with the BJP attacked the office. She claimed the men arrived around 3:30 am, assaulted security guards and forcibly entered the premises before vandalising it.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.