Sandeshkhali Row: National Commission for Women chief to visit violence-hit areas today; SC to hear pleas seeking transfer of probe | Updated

National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma is scheduled to visit conflict-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Monday. Sharma will be on a two-day visit to the state.

The visit of the National Commission for Women chief comes at a time when women in Sandesh Khali have come forward with sexual harassment allegations. Sharma will hold a meeting with the Chief Secretary of West Bengal and the Additional Advocate General of West Bengal.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress leader Shibu Prasad Hazra, one of the prime accused in the Saunders Khali violence case, was produced before the police by a local court on Sunday Detention for eight days.

Hazra, who has been on the run since sexual harassment charges were filed against him, was arrested on Saturday from a hideout in Najat area of ​​Basirhat.

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1. The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea seeking transfer of investigation outside West Bengal for subsequent trials in connection with the alleged sexual assault case of a Sandesh Khali woman.
2. The plea filed by advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava in his personal capacity also sought action against the victims of the Sandeshkari violence and against state police officials for alleged dereliction of duty. be compensated.
3. National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma will visit Sandeshkhali to meet women there during her two-day visit to the state. She will also hold a meeting with the state’s chief secretary and deputy attorney general.
4. “As you know, there is very disturbing news coming from Sandesh Khali… I am going there and I want justice for them (women). I will meet the director general and the local police… I want to meet these women and Assuring them my support…I will also meet the governor…” Sharma said.
5. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP and Sandesh Khali Enforcement Directorate of joint planning of the incident.
6. The TMC supremo also said that no woman had lodged any FIR against Sandesh Khali and it was she who had directed the police to file the Suo moto case in this regard.
7. The BJP called Banerjee’s accusations “baseless”. There has been a complete breakdown of law and order in Bengal. The fact is that TMC and state government officials, whether police or district administration, are in collusion with each other in committing atrocities against locals. This is the true picture of West Bengal. ” said BJP president Sukanta Majumdar.
8. Meanwhile, MP Agnimitra Paul launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing the second day of the BJP National Council meeting in Delhi. She slammed the TMC chief for not taking action against party leaders who allegedly sexually harassed women in Sandeshkari and forcibly seized their land.
9. “Even though Mamata Banerjee is a woman chief minister, she still supports absconding accused Sheikh Shah Jahan,” she said, adding that Banerjee also helped Rohingyas settle in India .
10. TMC leader Shibu Prasad Hazra, one of the prime accused arrested in the Sandeshkhali violence case, was sentenced to eight days of police custody by a local court on Sunday.

(With PTI input)