Naming cops under scanner,Trinamool minister issues warning

“Remember IPS officers like Gourab Dutta,Basudeb Bag? Where are they now? Things have not been well for them,things will become hard for them,” the minister said. “I am asking Satyajit babu (Satyajit Bandopadhyay,SP Hooghly) to act neutrally. The CPM is continuing its terror rule in Goghat,Arambagh,Dhaniakhali and other areas of Hooghly. Please take action. I give you 72 hours or else we will stage a protest.”

According to Roy,the party is monitoring action of various IPS officers. “Please read the writing on the wall,” he said. “It is clear that we will come to power in Bengal and Mamata Banerjee will become the Naming cops under scanner,Trinamool minister issues warning chief minister. All IPS officers who are not acting impartially will face very hard times after we sit in Writers’ Buildings.”

On Tuesday night,clashes had broken out inside the Hooghly Imambara Hospital,where three persons were injured.

He praised former DSP headquarters Tathagata Basu,who,according to him,was transferred as the SDPO of Mathabhanga in North Bengal after he lathicharged CPM cadres during Mamata’s recent rally in Hooghly.

“He is a good man. I ask him if he wants to join the Central deputation then he can contact us and we will make the arrangements.”

On Wednesday,Trinamool leaders,including Roy and Madan Mitra,submitted a deputation to Satyajit Bandopadhyay,Superintendent of Police of Hooghly,regarding Tuesday’s clash between Trinamool and CPM supporters.

The trouble began after Sheikh Sakim,a Trinamool supporter,was shot in Udna village in Khanakul on Tuesday evening. After he was brought to Hooghly Imambara hospital for treatment,a clash erupted between armed supporters of Trinamool Congress and CPM. Shots were fired inside the hospital. Three Trinamool supporters — Hussain Mullik,Sheikh Ibrahim and Bablu Das — were injured. Bablu Das,who suferred head injury,has been admitted to the SSKM hospital.

Sporadic clashes,meanwhile,continued between armed gangs of Trinamool and CPM supporters in various parts of Hooghly.