Bengal post-poll violence: BJP workers, activists move SC, seek SIT probe

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by a group of BJP workers and activists seeking an SIT probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal.

A group of BJP workers, advocates and social workers on Friday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe into the post-poll violence in West Bengal. The Supreme Court will hear these petitions and other related pleas on May 25. The petitioners claim to have been "directly affected" as their "homes and offices are being demolished by TMC mob", forcing them to "flee from their homes". Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Pinki Anand told the court that "more than 1 lakh people have been displaced" due to the post-poll violence in the state.