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After Calcutta HC Orders 7 Probes In Twenty Days, Mamata Banerjee Calls For Emergency Meeting

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called for an emergency meeting on Wednesday with state law ministers. She has called the meeting to discuss series of cases in the state under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe. State law minister Moloy Ghatak, senior lawyer and MP, Kalyan Banerjee and other Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders will be attending the meeting. It will be held in the state secretariat. Meeting will focus on understanding the legalities behind the current situation in the state and the way forward.

Under CBI probe of cases began on March 25 when the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI probe in the Rampurhat violence case.  In the incident 9 people were killed. Opposition too had raised their voice against the incident. 

Following this, the court ordered CBI probe in:

  • SSC recruitment (alleged corruption and irregularities in recruitment of teachers job).
  • SLST recruitment (alleged corruption and irregularities in recruitment of teachers under state level selection test).
  • Bhadu Sheikhโ€™s murder (TMC panchayat chief in Rampurhat was killed by throwing bombs and in retaliation his associates torched 8 houses where 9 people killed.
  • Murder of Congress councilor Tapan Kandu (gunned down by assailants on bike)
  • Unnatural death of eyewitness Niranjan Baishnab (His dead body was found hanging inside his house. His wife demanded a CBI enquiry)
  • Nadia minor rape case
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No Hate Speech At Delhi Dharam Sansad: Police To Supreme Court

Aleesha Sam

New Delhi: The speakers at the โ€œDharm Sansad,โ€ or religious assembly, in Delhi on December 19 did not make any anti-Muslim remarks, according to the Delhi Police.

โ€œIn-depth investigation of the video and other material found that no hate speech was given against any community. Therefore, after investigation and evaluation of the purported video clip, it was concluded that the alleged speech contained no hate speech against a particular community,โ€ the Delhi Police informed the Supreme Court.

All complaints filed about the event have been closed as a result of the investigations, it added.

The Delhi Police questioned the petitioners in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, accusing them of going to the top court without first approaching the police.

โ€œThe allegations made by the petitioners against the police authorities that police authorities are hand in glove with perpetrators of communal hate are baseless and imaginary. The case is based on videotape evidence. There is hardly any scope on the part of investigation agencies to tamper with the evidence or hamper the investigation in any manner,โ€ it said.

The Supreme Court had directed the Uttarakhand government, the Central government, and the Delhi Police to respond to a plea in the โ€œDharma Sansadโ€ hate speech case on January 12.

The court was considering a petition filed by Justice Anjana Prakash, a former judge of the Patna High Court, and journalist Qurban Ali.

The plea stated that between December 17 and 19, 2021, at two separate events organised in Delhi (by the Hindu Yuva Vahini) and Haridwar (by Yati Narsinghanand), hate speeches were made, consisting of open calls for genocide of Muslims in order to achieve ethnic cleansing.

The appeal stated that โ€œno action has been taken by the Delhi Police in respect to the event conducted in Delhi, despite the fact that open calls for genocide were made therein,โ€ and that โ€œno action has been taken by the Delhi Police in relation to the event held in Delhi.โ€

The Supreme Court ordered the Uttarakhand government to file a progress report on the steps taken in response to the Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech by April 22.

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