One lakh people flee violence in Bengal, Supreme Court seeks reply from government after petition

New Delhi, May 25, 2021, Tuesday

The post-election violence in West Bengal is still going on and now the Supreme Court has asked the state government to respond to the exodus of people following the violence.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to stop the exodus of people due to violence. At the same time, it requested the Supreme Court to order the state government to stop the exodus, form a special team to investigate the violence and the exodus and take stern action against the culprits.

The Supreme Court has also directed the Human Rights Commission as well as the National Commission for Women to be parties in the case.

The petition said that the Human Rights Commission and the Women's Commission also visited the state and saw the plight of the people there. June is kept.

The petition claims that the collusion of the police as well as the state government-backed thugs is responsible for the violence and the escape. This is because the police are not investigating the case and are not providing security to those whose lives are in danger. Due to this fear, people are migrating. Many people have been forced to live in camps in West Bengal as well as outside the state. About one lakh people have fled.