Fact-Finding Team Led By Retired Judge Stopped By Cops On Way To Sandeshkhali
NDTV
The police cited Section 144 CrPC in parts of Sandeshkhali and said it would not be prudent to allow them even in smaller groups.
Six members of an independent fact-finding committee, led by former Chief Justice of Patna High Court L Narasimha Reddy, were stopped by police as they were proceeding to the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged incidents of atrocities on women.
Citing Section 144 CrPC was in force in parts of Sandeshkhali and it would not be prudent to allow them access to the area even in groups of four-five, senior police officers stopped their convoy at the Bhojerhat area, which is around 52 km from the riverine area, on Basanti Highway.
Justice Reddy (retired), accompanied by former IPS officer Raj Pal Singh, former National Commission for Women member Charu Wali Khanna, advocates O P Vyas and Bhavna Bajaj, and senior journalist Sanjeev Nayak, sat on the wayside vowing to proceed to the area as high drama followed.
