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STF arrests suspected JMB activist from Howrah station

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Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested a person suspected of having close links with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen- Bangladesh (JMB) from the Howrah station in West Bengal.
The arrested person has been identified as Nannu Miyan.
“Originally a resident of Cooch Behar district, Miyan was arrested by our officers from Howrah station,” a state police official said.

Miyan has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Miyan’s name had surfaced when the STF was investigating a case registered at the Sasan police station in North 24 Parganas district in August last year.
After cross-checking his background, it was found that his proximity to JMB started in Cooch Behar district, which borders Bangladesh.
“Since then, we have been tracking him. On Saturday, after being tipped off by our sources, the officers of STF arrested him from Howrah station. The STF is currently questioning him about his other associates,” the official said.
On April 25, the STF had arrested Nasimuddin Sheikh, a suspected Al Qaeda associate, from Hooghly district. During interrogation, he admitted that he took advantage of the Covid lockdown period to extend his network in the state.

In November last year, the STF had arrested another Al Qaeda associate, Maniruddin Khan, from South 24 Parganas district. A pen-drive was recovered from his possession which helped the STF access crucial information, including the name of Nasimuddin Sheikh.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 29, 2023
NGO team stopped by police from visiting violence-hit Howrah

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Kolkata: A six-member team of an NGO was stopped by the police from visiting the violence-hit areas of Howrah district on Sunday, officials said.
The ‘fact-finding’ team, led by retired Patna High Court judge L Narasimha Reddy, was stopped at the Vidyasagar Setu toll plaza when they were heading towards Kazipara in Shibpur, which was rocked by clashes on Ram Navami.
Members of the team had a heated argument with the police after they were stopped. After waiting for around 30 minutes, they returned to their hotel in Kolkata.

Police said they were not allowed to visit the area as prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC were still in force.
On Saturday, the team was also stopped by the police from visiting Hooghly’s Rishra and Serampore where similar violence broke out during Ram Navami celebrations last week.
The TMC claimed that the BJP was behind the NGO, which sent the team to the area.
“When the violence-hit areas of Howrah and Hooghly are returning to normal, such visits will only trigger tension. Police are working as per the high court’s directive,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said.
“The BJP is behind such NGOs. BJP created trouble in both Shibpur and Rishra. Now, they don’t want normalcy to return,” he alleged.

The BJP on the other side claimed that the police stopped the NGO as the state government was attempting to hide the atrocities committed in those areas.
“The Mamata Banerjee government wants to hide the atrocities committed in parts of Howrah and Hooghly against the ordinary people,” BJP leader Rahul Sinha alleged.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 9, 2023
Howrah violence: TMC vs Guv on Raj Bhavan’s call to set up seperate monitoring cell

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday questioned the decision of West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose to set up special cell for real time monitoring the situation at Howrah’s Shibpur- Kazipara area in wake of the clashes over a Ram Navami procession that started on Thursday and continued till Friday afternoon.
On late Friday afternoon after the Governor took a detailed report from the state chief secretary H. K. Dwivedi and the state home secretary B. P. Gopalika about the situation in the tension-prone area, a strong-worded statement was issued by the Raj Bhavan from where the decision to set up this special monitoring cell was announced.
“Governor ordered real time monitoring of the situation and constituted a special cell for the same,” the statement of Raj Bhavan read.
The statement also mentioned about “a confidential discussion to review the situation” between the Governor and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
On Saturday, Trinamool Congress’ state general secretary and the party’s spokesman in West Bengal Kunal Ghosh said that it is not clear whether the decision to set up the special monitoring cell was just a verbal announcement or there had been formal notification in the matter.
Raising doubts over whether there are legal provisions on whether such a cell can be set up by the Raj Bhavan, Ghosh also expressed apprehension that in case the said cell procures information from independent or private sources, doubts will remain whether the information received was authentic or not.
However, BJP’s state spokesman Samik Bhattacharya has justified the setting up of the special monitoring cell by the Raj Bhavan.
“As the constitutional head of the state it is the duty of the Governor to protect the democratic rights of the citizens of the state. So, he is well within his limits to order the opening up of the cell just as he sought reports of the situation from the state chief secretary and state home secretary,” Bhattacharya said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 1, 2023
BJP behind Ram Navami violence in Howrah: Mamata

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that neither Hindus nor Muslims, but the BJP and other right-wing organisations were behind the violence in Howrah’s Kazipara area during a procession on Ram Navami.
She also appealed to the people of both communities to maintain peace and law and order in the area.
Banerjee admitted that it was a failure on part of the police and said strict action will be taken in this regard.
“I am lucky that no one was killed in yesterday’s clash,” Banerjee told news channel ABP Ananda.
The Trinamool Congress supremo announced that those affected in the clash and had their houses and shops vandalised would be compensated by the state government.
“I have been appealing to the people to carry out Ram Navami processions peacefully. No government incites people to carry out vandalism. It was the BJP, Bajrang Dal and some of their allies who directly carried out the vandalism,” Banerjee said.
She alleged that the BJP incited similar clashes at around 100 places in the country.
“Howrah’s incident is very unfortunate. I had repeatedly given instructions that the processions should not pass through that area. I am telling you, it’s neither the Hindus nor the Muslims who carried out yesterday’s attacks.

“Criminals used guns, petrol bombs and several other materials including bulldozers to enter the area and attacked those who were fasting during Ramadan month and carried out devastations at shops and residences,” she added.
Banerjee said that the police officers who failed in carrying out their duty properly on Thursday will face strict action.
“I will appeal to all and both the communities to have faith in me and maintain peace. I know how to handle this situation,” she said.
Talking more on the incident, Banerjee expressed her apprehensions that the BJP-led central government would be sending probe agencies to the state in connection with the clashes in Howrah.
“Bengal is a peaceful team… But in this context they (the BJP-led central government) will send agencies,” she said.
Later, police said that 45 people have been arrested in connection with their alleged involvement in Thursday’s vandalism in Howrah.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 1, 2023
Kolkata: Section 144 CrPC imposed after fresh unrest in Howrah

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Howrah: After fresh unrest was reported in Howrah’s Kazipara area which witnessed violence over the Ram Navami procession on Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose over the issue.
Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also reviewed the situation on Friday, a Raj Bhavan statement said.
The governor also said those who resort to violence under the illusion that they can hoodwink the people will soon realise they are in a fool’s paradise.
“There will be effective and concerted action to book the culprits and bring them before the law. Setting fire to public property, that too on the sacred Ram Navami day, is a highly provocative act and will be viewed seriously,” he said.
Raj Bhavan will keep its eyes and ears open to ensure protection to the life, property and dignity of the common man, Bose said.
During the telephonic conversation with Bose, the union home minister sought to know the prevailing situation in the state, particularly in the violence-hit areas of Howrah.
The governor is believed to have provided the home minister details about Thursday’s violence and the present situation, sources said in New Delhi.
As unidentified people on police personnel on Friday afternoon, the police used batons to disperse a group of people who had gathered there.

At least three policemen were injured in the brick batting.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were imposed in Kazipara area, a senior IPS officer told PTI.
Altogether 45 people were arrested in connection with the violence since Thursday.
“The situation was calm and peaceful until this afternoon. After that, police personnel were pelted with stones which sparked tension in the area. Some people were arrested as our officers reacted instantly,” he said.
A huge team of Rapid Action Force (RAF) from Kolkata Police was brought into the area on Friday afternoon. The personnel started a route march following the stone-throwing incidents.
Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP along with other right-wing organisations was responsible for Thursday’s violence in Howrah.
She appealed to people to maintain peace in the area.
“The Howrah incident is very unfortunate. Neither Hindus nor Muslims were behind the violence in Howrah. The BJP along with Bajrang Dal and other such organisations were involved in the violence with arms,” Banerjee told Bengali television news channel ABP Ananda.
The state government will help all whose properties were vandalised in the clashes, she said.
Violence broke out on Thursday evening between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was taken out in the twin city of Howrah. Several vehicles, including some belonging to the police, were torched and shops and auto-rickshaws ransacked during the violence.
Claiming that there was laxity in a section of the administration, she said strict action would be taken against those involved in the clash.
A large police contingent was deployed to restore peace in the locality.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 31, 2023
Violence over Ram Navami procession in Bengal’s Howrah

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Howrah: Violence broke out between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was taken out in West Bengal’s Howrah city, where several vehicles were torched and shops were ransacked on Thursday evening.
Police said a number of people were detained in this connection.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a dharna, said strict action will be taken against the culprits.
A police officer said the incident occurred when the procession was passing through the Kazipara locality.
Several shops and auto-rickshaws were ransacked during the violence while a number of cars including a few police vehicles were set on fire. Four fire tenders were pressed into service to extinguish the blaze.
The police used force to disperse the mob. A large contingent of police was deployed in the locality where the situation is stated to be under control.
The chief minister slammed the BJP for allegedly trying to stoke communal tension during the Ram Navami procession in Howrah and said those involved in the incident will not be spared.
“I have repeatedly said that I will not block any Ram Navami procession. I had given clear instructions to the police in this regard. While one community is celebrating Annapurna Puja, the other is observing fast during Ramzan,” she said while concluding her 30-hour extended sit-in in a demonstration in the city.

“Those who were involved in today’s violence will not be spared. I do not support riot mongers and consider them the enemy of the country. The BJP has always targeted Howrah. The other targets for them are Park Circus and Islampur. Everybody must be alert in their localities,” she said.
Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, however, dubbed the allegations as baseless.
“The chief minister and the state administration are responsible for the violence,” Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal assembly, said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 30, 2023
Man killed in Howrah for protesting against daughter’s molestation

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Kolkata: A 35-year-old man was lynched in West Bengal’s Howrah district by two local youths after he made an attempt to prevent his minor daughter’s molestation.
While the police have arrested one of the two youths, the other is absconding. The two are learnt to be brothers.
According to Howrah (rural) police superintendent, Swati Bhangalia, cases have been registered with charges of murder as well as under various sections of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
“The two accused are brothers. We have already arrested one of them. The other accused person is absconding,” Bhangalia informed.
On Sunday evening, the minor girl, a student of Class 10, was returning home from her tuition class. The two accused stopped her and molested her. On being informed, her father rushed to the spot.
The father protested and tried to prevent the accused from their nefarious attempts. On being resisted, the two accused severely assaulted him. He fell down on the ground, bleeding profusely, as the accused persons fled from the scene.
The victim was first taken to a local hospital. As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the Uluberia Sub-Divisional Hospital on Monday wjere he brathed his last on Tuesday morning.
The members of the victim’s family lodged a complaint at the local police station.

Meanwhile, the local people have alleged that molestation of young girls has become a regular feature in the area. They also complained that lack of police patrolling in the area has made the miscreants desperate.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 24, 2023