The state this week
1. Murarisha’s misery because of living alone.
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| Trauma after assault [Photo Courtesy: google/thegaurdian] |
A 27-year-old woman in Hasnabad’s Murarisha was gang raped by two men as they broke into her house on the night of September 15th when the woman and her one-and-a-half-year-old son were sleeping. The son was taken hostage by the two miscreants to threaten the woman. The criminals- Amzad Mollah and Sazzak Mollah were caught by the locals the very next day and were handed over to the police. A senior officer confirmed that the victim has been sent to the hospital for a medical test.
2.
Clash in Nabanna March
BJP’s
Nabanna march on September 14 ended in mayhem as thousands of marchers clashed
with more than 6500 cops several times at multiple points of MG Road-Lalbazzar-
Burrabazar zone, Hastings, Santragachi and Howrah Maidan between 12:30 pm and 5:45
pm.
Nabanna Chalo rally by BJP.[Photo Courtesy: google/hindustantimes]
Fifty-six (56)
policemen and eight (8) BJP leaders including Swapan Dasgupta and Meena Devi
Purohit were injured.
Rallyists
also set fire to a police car on MG road. More than 100 people were arrested
but it took several hours to normalize the situation.
The rally
was called by BJP to protest against “state government and Trinamool
corruption”
BJP
national vice president Ghosh signalled the end of the march around 3 pm in
Kolkata due to “police excesses” but, state BJP president Majumdar announced at
Howrah Maidan that the decision to call off the march was allegedly Ghosh’s
personal decision.
3. Titagarh
School Blast
Crude boom blasts in the school.[Photo Courtesy: google/opindia]
On September 17th around 11 am a loud
explosion rattled the building in a highly populated area of South Station
school, Titagarh. Students were immersed in their classes when the loud
explosion took place. A wave of panic swept over both the students and the
teachers resulting in chaos. The Titagarh police station immediately rushed
over to the scene. Investigations reported that the explosion took place in a
room attached to the staircase of the school building. The exact source/cause
of the explosion is still unknown.
BJP’s
Nabanna march on September 14 ended in mayhem as thousands of marchers clashed
with more than 6500 cops several times at multiple points of MG Road-Lalbazzar-
Burrabazar zone, Hastings, Santragachi and Howrah Maidan between 12:30 pm and 5:45
pm.
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| Nabanna Chalo rally by BJP.[Photo Courtesy: google/hindustantimes] |
Fifty-six (56)
policemen and eight (8) BJP leaders including Swapan Dasgupta and Meena Devi
Purohit were injured.
Rallyists
also set fire to a police car on MG road. More than 100 people were arrested
but it took several hours to normalize the situation.
The rally
was called by BJP to protest against “state government and Trinamool
corruption”
BJP
national vice president Ghosh signalled the end of the march around 3 pm in
Kolkata due to “police excesses” but, state BJP president Majumdar announced at
Howrah Maidan that the decision to call off the march was allegedly Ghosh’s
personal decision.
3. Titagarh
School Blast
Crude boom blasts in the school.[Photo Courtesy: google/opindia]
On September 17th around 11 am a loud
explosion rattled the building in a highly populated area of South Station
school, Titagarh. Students were immersed in their classes when the loud
explosion took place. A wave of panic swept over both the students and the
teachers resulting in chaos. The Titagarh police station immediately rushed
over to the scene. Investigations reported that the explosion took place in a
room attached to the staircase of the school building. The exact source/cause
of the explosion is still unknown.
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| Crude boom blasts in the school.[Photo Courtesy: google/opindia] |
4. Former
west Bengal education Minister under CBI custody
Former
education minister Partha Chatterjee and former west Bengal Board of secondary
education (WBBSE) president Kalyanmoy Ganguly are both under CBI custody from
September 16 till September 21.
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| Partha Chatterjee was arrested again.[Photo Courtesy: google/frontline.thehindu] |
They were both accused of the alleged scam associated with state-run school jobs.
The central
agency reported to the court that Chatterjee signed 400 recommendations for
non-teaching staff appointments in the state-run primary schools. The court
rejected Chatterjee’s bail plea. Chatterjee and Ganguly were taken from the
Alipore court lockup to CBI headquarters at Nizam Palace for questioning.
Former webbed
president Kalyanmoy Ganguly told the court that all the signatures on the
recruitment letters were scanned signatures and that none of the letters was
personally signed by him. The committee recommended drawing up proceedings
against him under sections related to cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
5.
Transportation
problems in Barasat and Habra route
With the
rising costs of fuel, passengers face yet another dilemma with the lack of
public buses on the Barrackpore Habra route. While the fares of public transportation
saw a huge increase in numbers, the number of public and private buses on the
streets declined steadily. Sources from WBTC reported that due to a lack of
machinery and parts, most of the buses are left abandoned in the depot. The
huge jump in fuel prices is also a reason for the inability to continue with
the buses. Barasat-Digha route is also facing a crisis with the unavailability
of buses. Online booking is also closed.
Another
depot facing a similar situation is the Habra depot. WBTC sources also stated
that for the past one and a half months, the public buses from Habra to Tarapith,
Bakkhali, Digha, Durgapur and Asansol were also shut down.
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