<p>Kolkata: West Bengal ministers Sujit Bose and Partha Bhowmick on Saturday visited trouble-torn Sandeshkhali to take stock of the situation, while a CPI(M) delegation led by Minakshi Mukhopadhay was prevented by the police from venturing into interior areas of the region in North 24 Parganas district.</p>.<p>State Fire Services Minister Bose and Irrigation Minister Partha Bhowmick, accompanied by Sandeshkhali MLA Sukumar Mahato, toured the area and spoke to the villagers, listening to their grievances.</p>.Student killed in IED blast in Manipur; UCM office, school set ablaze in Imphal Valley.<p>The CPI(M) delegation led by Mukhopadhay was, however, was prevented by the police from venturing further into interior villages citing the imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC.</p>.<p>They were stopped at Majher Para area, where the CPI(M) activists staged a sit-in and raised slogans against the police.</p>.<p>A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) headed by Vijaya Bharati Sayani also visited trouble-torn Sandeshkhali for the second consecutive day to investigate into allegations of land-grabbing by some TMC leaders.</p>.<p>One part of the team, comprising three members, went to Jeliakhali, while another team comprising two members visited Sandeshkhali Police Station and also spoke to villagers.</p>.<p>ADG (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar also made a visit to the area.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, tension erupted in Halder Para area of Sandeshkhali when some villagers tried to attack a TMC supporter but police brought the situation under control, an officer said.</p>.<p>BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, on the other hand, likened the situation in Sandeshkhali to Nandigram, where a movement against 'forcible' land acquisition by the then Left Front government in 2007-08 catapulted the TMC to power in 2011.</p>.<p>'The situation in Sandeshkhali is like Nandigram... people have brought serious allegations of land-grabbing, vote-looting, sexual harassment and murder of democracy in the area,' he told reporters in Kolkata.</p>.<p>Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC are still in force in certain parts of Sandeshkhali.</p>.<p>The region has been rocked by protests over alleged land-grabbing and sexual harassment of women by local TMC leaders, including Sheikh Shajahan and his brother Sheikh Sirajuddin.</p>.<p>Trouble started brewing in the area when a team of ED officials that conducted a raid on Shajahan's house on January 5 was attacked by a mob allegedly affiliated to the local TMC leadership.</p>.<p>The area also saw visits by members of the National Human Rights Commission, national ST and SC commissions and the National Commission for Women.</p>.<p>The Director General of Police also visited the area twice in an effort to instill confidence among the villagers. </p>
<p>Kolkata: West Bengal ministers Sujit Bose and Partha Bhowmick on Saturday visited trouble-torn Sandeshkhali to take stock of the situation, while a CPI(M) delegation led by Minakshi Mukhopadhay was prevented by the police from venturing into interior areas of the region in North 24 Parganas district.</p>.<p>State Fire Services Minister Bose and Irrigation Minister Partha Bhowmick, accompanied by Sandeshkhali MLA Sukumar Mahato, toured the area and spoke to the villagers, listening to their grievances.</p>.Student killed in IED blast in Manipur; UCM office, school set ablaze in Imphal Valley.<p>The CPI(M) delegation led by Mukhopadhay was, however, was prevented by the police from venturing further into interior villages citing the imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC.</p>.<p>They were stopped at Majher Para area, where the CPI(M) activists staged a sit-in and raised slogans against the police.</p>.<p>A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) headed by Vijaya Bharati Sayani also visited trouble-torn Sandeshkhali for the second consecutive day to investigate into allegations of land-grabbing by some TMC leaders.</p>.<p>One part of the team, comprising three members, went to Jeliakhali, while another team comprising two members visited Sandeshkhali Police Station and also spoke to villagers.</p>.<p>ADG (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar also made a visit to the area.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, tension erupted in Halder Para area of Sandeshkhali when some villagers tried to attack a TMC supporter but police brought the situation under control, an officer said.</p>.<p>BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, on the other hand, likened the situation in Sandeshkhali to Nandigram, where a movement against 'forcible' land acquisition by the then Left Front government in 2007-08 catapulted the TMC to power in 2011.</p>.<p>'The situation in Sandeshkhali is like Nandigram... people have brought serious allegations of land-grabbing, vote-looting, sexual harassment and murder of democracy in the area,' he told reporters in Kolkata.</p>.<p>Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC are still in force in certain parts of Sandeshkhali.</p>.<p>The region has been rocked by protests over alleged land-grabbing and sexual harassment of women by local TMC leaders, including Sheikh Shajahan and his brother Sheikh Sirajuddin.</p>.<p>Trouble started brewing in the area when a team of ED officials that conducted a raid on Shajahan's house on January 5 was attacked by a mob allegedly affiliated to the local TMC leadership.</p>.<p>The area also saw visits by members of the National Human Rights Commission, national ST and SC commissions and the National Commission for Women.</p>.<p>The Director General of Police also visited the area twice in an effort to instill confidence among the villagers. </p>