Police stopped a six-member fact-locating group of the National Human Rights Commission from getting into Howrah`s Shibpur area, wherein clashes erupted for the duration of and after Ram Navami rallies remaining week, on Sunday, bringing up prohibitory orders.
The fact-locating group probing human rights violations led via way of means of former Patna High Court Chief Justice Narasimha Reddy became stopped via way of means of West Bengal Police from travelling violence-hit Howrah. The identical group became stopped on Saturday once they tried to go to Hooghly`s Rishra, wherein the scenario were given hectic remaining week over a Ram Navami procession.
Police instructed them that the ban on the collection of 4 or extra humans became nevertheless lively in components of Shibpur and, in keeping with felony procedures, they couldn’t permit the group to go into Howrah.
Charu Wali Khanna, one of the contributors of the fact-locating group, instructed India Today, “It is the humans of Bengal, who’re being cheated on. They aren’t letting the fact come out.”
Later, whilst addressing a press convention in Kolkata, the fact-locating group slammed the West Bengal management for its failure in preserving the regulation and order scenario. Former Patna High Court Chief Justice Narasimha Reddy stated they one way or the other controlled to fulfill a few victims.
“We met a few victims. We have been instructed for the duration of the clashes that befell for the duration of the Ram Navami rallies, police have been present. The actual culprits have been the police and management,” Reddy stated.
Claiming that the violence became `pre-planned`, Raddy stated, “We accept as true with the latest riots in Bengal have been pre-planned. We might say this requires a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe.”
The fact-locating group waited for an hour close to the Hooghly Bridge and again to Kolkata as they weren`t allowed to transport further.
On Saturday, the identical fact-locating group became stopped close to Konnagar, while the group became on its manner to Serampore and Rishra, as prohibitory orders have been nevertheless powerful withinside the area.