Alleged Attack On Union Minister Nisith Pramanik's Convoy In Cooch Behar, Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe
At Dinhata in Cooch Behar on February 25, there were claims of an attack on the convoy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's deputy Nisith Pramanik. The BJP claimed that there were bombings, shootings, and stone-throwing assaults.
On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court mandated a CBI probe into claims that Nisith Pramanik, the Union Minister of State for Home, and his convoy were attacked in the Cooch Behar district during the final week of February. Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, filed a PIL in which he claimed that on February 25, while visiting his district, Pramanik, a BJP MP from Dinhata in north Bengal, was attacked and stones were thrown at his convoy.
Adhikari pleaded for a CBI probe into the alleged assault, alleging that the state police had rejected the CISF's request to file a complaint while they were protecting the minister, and had instead detained BJP activists. The alleged assault on the Union minister was the subject of a CBI probe, which was ordered by a division bench chaired by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava. Additionally, Adhikari claimed that bombs were thrown at the minister's convoy, causing damage to it. In opposition to the petition and disputing the accusations, West Bengal Advocate General S. N. Mookherjee spoke for the state administration. The assault, according to Adhikari's allegations in the PIL, was carried out by Trinamool Congress activists.
On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court mandated a CBI probe into claims that Nisith Pramanik, the Union Minister of State for Home, and his convoy were attacked in the Cooch Behar district during the final week of February. Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, filed a PIL in which he claimed that on February 25, while visiting his district, Pramanik, a BJP MP from Dinhata in north Bengal, was attacked and stones were thrown at his convoy.
Adhikari pleaded for a CBI probe into the alleged assault, alleging that the state police had rejected the CISF's request to file a complaint while they were protecting the minister, and had instead detained BJP activists. The alleged assault on the Union minister was the subject of a CBI probe, which was ordered by a division bench chaired by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava. Additionally, Adhikari claimed that bombs were thrown at the minister's convoy, causing damage to it. In opposition to the petition and disputing the accusations, West Bengal Advocate General S. N. Mookherjee spoke for the state administration. The assault, according to Adhikari's allegations in the PIL, was carried out by Trinamool Congress activists.
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