Bengal Crime Investigation Division To Probe “Assault” On Leader Minister In Nandigram
Mamata Banerjee had sustained a number of accidents within the “assault” in Nandigram (Document)
Kolkata:
The West Bengal Crime Investigation Division (CID) on Saturday took over the investigation into the Nandigram incident wherein Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee was once injured all the way through her election marketing campaign, a senior officer of the company mentioned.
A staff of CID officials will quickly be visiting the spot within the Purba Medinipur district and document statements of the witnesses, he mentioned.
A case has already been lodged on the Nandigram police station at the foundation of a criticism filed through Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Shiekh Sufiyan over the incident, which came about on March 10, the officer mentioned.
The case has been filed beneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code for “punishment for wrongful restraint” and “punishment for voluntarily inflicting harm” in opposition to unknown individuals, he mentioned.
Mamata Banerjee alleged that she was once attacked in Nandigram’s Birulia Bazar, wherein she was once injured in her left leg, hips, arm, chest, neck and shoulder as she fell down.
Following the incident, the Election Fee suspended the executive minister’s Director of Safety Vivek Sahay and Purba Medinipur’s Superintendent of Police Pravin Prakash.
The ballot frame additionally transferred district Justice of the Peace Vibhu Goel to a non-election submit, pointing to lapses in Ms Banerjee’s safety.
The incident changed into a boiling factor forward of the elections with Mamata Banerjee campaigning on a wheelchair, drawing sharp assaults from the opposition events, together with the BJP that termed it a ploy for “sympathy votes”.
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