Privileges Panel Issues Notice To Top Cops On Bengal BJP Chief's Complaint
NDTV
West Bengal BJP chief was, on Wednesday, admitted to a multi-speciality hospital in Basirhat after he reportedly fell and lost consciousness during a police lathi charge on protesters.
The Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha on Thursday issued a notice to senior police officers in West Bengal on a complaint filed by the BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, alleging misconduct, brutality and life-threatening injuries during a fight with uniformed personnel amid a protest against the prevailing unrest in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali the day before.
"The (Privileges) Committee has asked Rajeev Kumar, IPS, DGP/IGP, Government of West Bengal, Basirhat SP Hossain Mehedi Rehman, and Additional SP Partha Ghosh to appear before it on February 19 for oral evidence on the above-subjected matter," read a notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Amid the rising tide of violence in the wake of allegations of atrocities on women by fugitive TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides in Sandeshkhali, Mr Majumdar wrote to the Privileges Committee alleging breach of privilege and violation of protocol norms.
