Sandeshkhali, BJP workers on Sunday protested in front of Sandeshkhali police station in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district demanding the release of a party worker arrested in a false robbery case and the alleged video being circulated to malign the image of local saffron party leaders. of.

BJP's Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency candidate Rekha Patra, who was present at the protest in front of the police station, demanded the arrest of Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons.

BJP workers alleged police inaction against several alleged videos being circulated to tarnish the image of local saffron party leaders.

In the last few days, several purported videos of Sandeshkhali women have surfaced and been shared by TMC.

In a purported video that emerged from Sandeshkhali on Saturday night, a local BJP leader was heard saying that over 70 women had received Rs 2,000 for participating in the protest against local TMC satrap Shahjahan Shaikh and his aide, who Was accused of sexual harassment and land. To pounce.

In the over 45-minute long video, a man resembling Sandeshkhali Manda president Gangadhar Kayal told this to the questioner. It was Kayal who had earlier said in another purported clip, the first in last week's series, that the rape allegations were "contrived".

The authenticity of the video was not independently verified.

The riverine Sandeshkhali area, located on the border of the Sundarbans, about 100 km from Kolkata, had witnessed protests in February over allegations of sexual exploitation and land grabbing against now-arrested TM leader Shajahan Shaikh and his supporters.