Kaliachak tense after trees felled

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Dec 26: - Tension prevails in Sujapur areas under the Kaliachak police station since this morning after the opponent group of a CPI-M leader damaged his mango orchard at Bamongram village, Malda SP said. Police suspect that opponent groups belonging to Mirajul Basni or Saharul Islam committed the crime. Sources said that a group of people belonging to the Revolutionary Socialist Party cut down several three to four-year-old mango trees last night. To defuse tension police patrolling has been intensified there where a group of people belonging to the CPI-M local committee secretary (LCS) tried to take on. It may be noted here that there was a clash between people belong to the local CPI-M and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leaders in Sujapur areas over the past few days over the right of their area of operation. Today, the RSP district leaders held a meeting in Kaliachak in protest against the atrocities of the CPI-M leaders and they demanded arrest of the CPI-M LCS Mr Ketabuddin. A complaint was lodged against Mr Ketabuddin for allegedly attacking and damaging the house of the Mirajul Basni, a RSP branch secretary at Sujapur. The Malda S P Mr Satyajit Bandyopadhayay said: “We are inquiring into the matter. If he is found guilty police would arrest him. We will have to bring peace there. It is our first duty," he said. It may be noted here that the RSP leaders yesterday met the Malda SP and demanded impartiality of the police there. The CPI-M district leaders including the district secretary Mr Jiban Moitra told reporters “Ketabuddin was not involved in attacking the house of the Mirajul Basni. Hundreds of people, having failed to bear torture of Mirajul Basni, attacked his house on Saturday”.