Post-Poll Violence: Home Ministry told the High Court - no objection to increasing the deployment of central forces in Bengal

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Calcutta High Court that it has no objection if the deployment of central forces in Bengal is extended for some time in view of the allegations of post-poll violence in the state.

The court ordered the Centre and the West Bengal government to review the situation after the petitioners' allegations of post-poll violence and provide all relevant data about them at the next hearing on June 21. The Home Ministry was represented at the hearing by Ashok Chakraborty, Additional Solicitor General.

In the post-poll violence case in West Bengal, the state administration has filed a report with the Calcutta High Court. According to the study, a total of 560 complaints were received in the mail between June 6 and 12.

In the report, the DG has also given information about how many FIRs have been registered so far and what steps have been taken. In this regard, an organization and Leader of the Opposition Shubhendu Adhikari have filed a case in the High Court regarding post-election violence. The hearing on the matter was to start on Tuesday, but the hearing could not take place due to a lack of reports from all the parties. A hearing on this will be held next Thursday. It is noteworthy that this report was submitted by the DG of the State Police on June 14 on the orders of the Calcutta High Court.