FIR lodged against three BJP leaders

Kolkata | Monday | 13th January, 2020

Summary:

BALURGHAT: A case was registered at Balurghat police station against senior BJP leaders including state general secretary Sayantan Basu, state secretary of the party's youthwing Debjit Sarkar and the party's district president Binay Barman, for violating Section 144 which prohibits assembly of four or more people in the area. According to police sources, the leaders allegedly staged a demonstration in front of the district administrative building at Balurghat on Monday afternoon, in support of NRC, NPR and CAA, without taking any permission either from police or local administration. Speaking to Millennium Post, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Balurghat Headquarter) Dhiman Mitra said: "We are being forced to register a case against the BJP leaders for violating Section 144, which prohibits any rally or demonstration of four or more people in the area. There was no permission for conducting any political gathering by the BJP activists." It may be mentioned that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has rigidly stood against NRC, NPRand CAA and has repeatedly stated that there will be no implementation of the three in Bengal..