On Thursday, the Apex Court issued a notice to the Centre, Trinamool Congress Govt & Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea seeking Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe to investigate into causes & reasons of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
A bench headed by Justice Vineet Saran sought response from the Centre, West Bengal Govt & poll panel in the plea which also sought compensation for the victims & their families in post-poll violence.
The plea sought direction for constituting an SIT to probe under the control & direction of the top court into the causes & reasons of post-poll violence that occurred in West Bengal from May 2, 2021, & to find out the persons responsible for such violence & appropriate action be taken against culprits in accordance with the law.
The plea filed by Hindu Front for Justice, advocate Ranjana Agnihotri & one Jitendra Singh alleged that thousands of residents of West Bengal are being terrorised, penalised & tortured by the workers of TMC for supporting the opposition political party BJP during general elections of the State Assembly held in April, 2021 for which the result was declared on May 2, 2021.
The plea alleged that "Petitioners are espousing the cause of thousands of citizens of West Bengal who are mostly Hindus & are being targeted by Muslims to take revenge for supporting BJP as they want to crush Hindus so that for years to come the power may remain with the party of their choice".
It further sought direction that the Central Govt & State Govt to take steps for rehabilitation of the persons who have migrated to Assam or any other place in India due to violence erupted since May 2.
It asked for direction to the Centre & the State government to "take appropriate steps to protect the life, liberty, dignity & safety of religious places of Hindus as a guarantee under Article 14, 21 & 25 of the Constitution of India and reflected in a solemn declaration made in the preamble of the Constitution."
Several violent incidents were reported after supporters of TMC and BJP allegedly clashed in various parts of the state since May 2, killing at least 16 people.
Many pleas were filed after the post-poll violence in West Bengal & the Supreme Court had sought a response from the governments.
source ; ani news
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