Kolkata, Less than 24 hours after the elections ended, crisis-hit Shabashkhali on Sunday witnessed another round of clashes between women and police after personnel rushed there and detained a person in connection with an attack on policemen.
Local women got involved in a scuffle with Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel in Agarhati village of Sandeshkhali area, felled tree branches and blocked roads when policemen went there in search of some people accused of attacking them on Saturday night. Arrived. A senior police officer said.
"We have not arrested anyone, but local women have started protesting. Some of our female colleagues are injured. We are trying to talk to them and remove barricades from the roads," said a Basirhat police district official. "
He said that local women tried to snatch the detained person, but this attempt was foiled.
"We are trying to bring the situation under control. A large number of RAF, Quick Response Team (QRT) and police personnel are present here," the officer said.
Sandeshkhali – a river delta bordering the Sundarbans – has been on the boil since January 5, when an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team was attacked when it raided the compound of TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh in an alleged case Had gone to kill. Ration scam.
Shaikh and his associates were arrested by West Bengal Police on February 29 in connection with the attack on ED officials.
Following the attack by a mob of around 1,000 people in which three ED officials were injured, a deputy director of the agency had lodged a complaint with the Basirhat Superintendent of Police.
Local women got involved in a scuffle with Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel in Agarhati village of Sandeshkhali area, felled tree branches and blocked roads when policemen went there in search of some people accused of attacking them on Saturday night. Arrived. A senior police officer said.
"We have not arrested anyone, but local women have started protesting. Some of our female colleagues are injured. We are trying to talk to them and remove barricades from the roads," said a Basirhat police district official. "
He said that local women tried to snatch the detained person, but this attempt was foiled.
"We are trying to bring the situation under control. A large number of RAF, Quick Response Team (QRT) and police personnel are present here," the officer said.
Sandeshkhali – a river delta bordering the Sundarbans – has been on the boil since January 5, when an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team was attacked when it raided the compound of TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh in an alleged case Had gone to kill. Ration scam.
Shaikh and his associates were arrested by West Bengal Police on February 29 in connection with the attack on ED officials.
Following the attack by a mob of around 1,000 people in which three ED officials were injured, a deputy director of the agency had lodged a complaint with the Basirhat Superintendent of Police.
