Trinamool ends Khejuri siege

The Trinamool called off its 37-hour blockade of the Khejuri police station in East Midnapore on Saturday.

The Trinamool called off its 37-hour blockade of the Khejuri police station in East Midnapore on Saturday. The Trinamool and the state administration seemed headed for a violent confrontation on Friday with the state home secretary threatening to use force to lift the siege of the police station and Trinamool MP Subhendu Adhikary daring him to do so.

The Trinamool,which was protesting the arrest of 14 of its members,also announced police boycott on Saturday. Suvendu Adhikary,Trinamool MP from Tamluk,supported the boycott.

The police have behaved in a partisan manner. They did not arrest any prominent CPM leader after weapons were seized from their houses but put our innocent supporters behind the bars under non-bailable provisions, he said. From now on,the police will not get a school building to set up camps. Shopkeepers wont sell them any item, Adhikary added.

The Khejuri police produced the 14 arrested before the Contai additional chief judicial magistrate,who granted bail to Sourindra Maity,an accused,and remanded the remaining 13 in juidicial custody for 14 days. They were accused of setting the CPM party office at Janaka on fire.

As the verdict reached Khejuri,Trinamool workers attacked the same office again. The office was partly damaged by arsonists two days ago prompting the police to nab the 14 workers, said East Midnapore SP Pallab Kanti Ghosh.

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