NHRC Team to Visit Malda, Murshidabad on July 6 to Probe Cases of Post-Poll Violence in West Bengal

Vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Atif Rasheed, who is a member of the team constituted by the National Human Rights Commission, will visit Malda and Murshidabad on Tuesday (July 6) to investigate the cases of post-poll violence in the state.

Rasheed will be there in the state from July 6 to July 9. “I will be in West Bengal from Tuesday (July 6) to Friday (July 9) and will visit Malda And Murshidabad to investigate post-poll violence,” Rasheed said.

On his visit to the state on June 29, Rasheed and his team were attacked in Jadavpur when the NHRC team went to the state to investigate the post-poll violence cases.

On June 21, the NHRC chairperson, Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra, formed a committee led by former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain to investigate charges of post-poll violence in West Bengal on the directions of the Calcutta High Court.

According to the Calcutta High Court’s directives, the NHRC Committee would investigate all incidences of post-election violence in West Bengal for which complaints have been filed or may be filed with the National Human Rights Commission. The Mamata Banerjee government had moved the Supreme Court to stop the NHRC probe, but the court declined to stay the Calcutta High Court order.

A four-member team deputed by the Ministry of Home Affairs has also visited the post-poll violence-affected areas after several incidents of violence have been reported at various places after the declaration of the Assembly poll results on May 2.

Over 35 BJP members and RSS volunteers have lost their lives in the violence perpetrated by the TMC cadre.