CPM slams police for 'inaction'

CPM slams police for ‘inaction’
Subhro Maitra TNN
Malda: In a twist of events, the CPM’s Malda unit is on the warpath against police under chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The apparent reason is to put pressure on police who are yet to arrest the culprits involved in the murder of CPM workers. The Malda CPM will take to the streets on this issue from February 3, followed by a similar agitation at Kaliachak as most of the victims are from there. Emulating the Opposition, CPM district secretary Jiban Maitra slammed police for being partisan. “The partisan attitude of the police has made the life of people a misery at Kaliachak. The SP is ignoring our complaints as he is busy acting at the behest of the Congress,” he said. “Law and order is at its worst here. We will launch an agitation against police inaction following the meeting on February 3,” said Maitra. Congress, too, raised its voice against police regarding the January 27 issue at Jadupur under Kaliachak PS. That day, two persons belonging to both Congress and CPM were killed. “At least nine houses of our supporters were torched and about 100 persons made homeless,” said Congress MLA Mousam Noor. “Although we filed an FIR against 25 persons, police did not take action,” she added. Noor vowed to launch a stir from Monday if no steps were taken. Malda SP Satyajit Bandyopadhyay, however, rubbished all charges. “We have arrested eight persons and a raid is on to nab the others,” he said.