Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's 24 Pargana (North) has been on the boil for a couple of weeks several locals, especially women, took to the streets to protest against the rampant incidents of sexual assault and land grabbing being carried out by Shahjahan Sheikh and his goons.
Partha Bhowmik went to Sandeshkhali on Saturday (24th February) and claimed that Sheikh Sirajuddin had been removed as the 'head of the Panchayat' a long time ago.
"They (TMC goons) would give alcohol and guns to 14-15 year old children...If we did not participate in politics, they threaten to murder our parents and family members," a woman told AajTak News."
The state unit of BJP shared a video clip wherein TMC MLA Narayan Goswami is heard making an extremely racist remark against the indigenous tribal women victims who have come on camera and spoken about the atrocities meted at them by the TMC goons.
After BJP leader Vikas Singh was granted bail on Sunday (11th February) by the Basirhat Subdivisional Court, the West Bengal police arrested him again.
"Now, the situation is so grave that these areas are geographically in India, but demographically it has become almost Bangladesh," Diptasya Jash remarked.
"My husband is being falsely implicated in the case. He (Nirapada Sardar) was not in Sandeshkhali between the 4th and 9th of February," informed Dpia Sardar.