'Mamata Banerjee Protecting Chota Dawood': BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Scales Up Attack Over Sandeshkhali Issue

mamata banerjee protecting chota dawood: bjp’s suvendu adhikari scales up attack over sandeshkhali issue

The situation in Sandeshkhali is “horrible” as police is giving complete protection to Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh who is facing serious charges, including that of sexual assault, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said.

Suvendu Adhikari likened the absconding Trinamool leader Shahjahan to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.. “Mamata Banerjee is protecting Chota Dawood. The police are giving complete protection to Sheikh Shahjahan. The situation is out of control here. People want the CBI to intervene. Strong action should be taken against Sheikh Shahajan,” Adhikari told Times Now.

Adhikari said that the BJP is supporting and assisting those who are suffering and are tortured by the state government.

Earlier, Adhikari had likened the situation in Sandeshkhali to Nandigram, where a movement against “forcible” land acquisition by the then Left Front government in 2007-08 catapulted the TMC to power in 2011.

“The situation in Sandeshkhali is like Nandigram… people have brought serious allegations of land-grabbing, vote-looting, sexual harassment and murder of democracy in the area,” he told reporters in Kolkata.

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC are still in force in certain parts of Sandeshkhali.

The region has been rocked by protests over alleged land-grabbing and sexual harassment of women by local TMC leaders, including Sheikh Shajahan and his brother Sirajuddin Sheikh.

Trouble started brewing in the area when a team of ED officials that conducted a raid on Shajahan’s house on January 5 was attacked by a mob allegedly affiliated to the local TMC leadership.

The area also saw visits by members of the National Human Rights Commission, national ST and SC commissions and the National Commission for Women.

The Director General of Police also visited the area twice in an effort to instill confidence among the villagers.

With inputs from PTI