<p>New Delhi/Kolkata: West Bengal's DGP Rajeev Kumar on Wednesday visited Sandeshkhali to evaluate the situation amidst protests over allegations of sexual abuse by TMC leaders, while the National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the state government and police chief regarding ongoing violence in the area.</p><p>The NHRC also decided to "dispatch its team to verify facts through an on-site investigation" into the occurrences of "human rights violations" in Sandeshkhali, situated in the North 24 Parganas district, according to official sources.</p><p>During his first visit to the area since the commencement of protests earlier this month, the DGP accompanied by senior police officials, visited Sandeshkhali police station and conducted deliberations there.</p><p>"First, let me visit the area and then I will speak to you guys," Kumar told reporters.</p><p>He engaged in a series of discussions with police personnel and is scheduled to remain overnight in the riverine locale of Sandeshkhali.</p><p>Amid the prevailing tensions in Sandeshkhali, law enforcement maintained a robust presence as efforts towards restoring normalcy persisted.</p>.BJP to release documentary on alleged atrocities against women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.<p>The area, which has witnessed a succession of protests over the past weeks, experienced relative calmness, albeit with a women's sit-in protest against TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh for his purported remarks concerning the women of Sandeshkali during a televised discussion.</p><p>On Wednesday, the NHRC announced its intent to dispatch a fact-finding team for an on-site inquiry into the reported "human rights violations" in Sandeshkhali.</p><p>The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of print and electronic media reports that in Sandeshkhali,... innocent and impoverished women have been harassed and sexually assaulted by a group of local gang of a political person, as a result of which, for last few days, local villagers have started protesting for appropriate legal action against the perpetrators of horrific crimes indulged by various goons and anti-social elements, when the local administration failed to take appropriate legal action against the perpetrators of crime."</p><p>Following visits by the National Commission for Women and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is scheduled to visit the strife-torn Sandeshkhali area on Thursday.</p><p>The NCW and NCSC had advocated imposition of President's rule in West Bengal.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to release a documentary on Sandeshkhali on Thursday, intensifying its criticism of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over alleged incidents of atrocities and sexual assaults on women in the region.</p><p>The BJP announced the forthcoming release of the "exclusive" documentary titled 'The Sandeshkhali Shocker: The Big Reveal' on Thursday at 9 am.</p><p>The party urged people to ask Banerjee "Didi ke bolo aaro koto 'Sandeshkhali' (Tell didi how many more Sandeshkhali like incidents)".</p><p>Banerjee is called didi (elder sister) by her followers.</p><p>In New Delhi, the BJP accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government of surpassing the former CPI(M) administration in subjecting the people of West Bengal to atrocities, asserting that the public would deliver a resounding response to the ruling TMC in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.</p><p>"The Sandeshkhali issue is becoming very serious. The patent assault, humiliating treatment, sexual assault on a woman is a shame on our society and democracy," Senior BJP leader Ravi Shakar Prasad said at a press conference at the BJP headquarters.</p><p>In response to the BJP's allegations, the TMC charged the saffron party with fomenting unrest in the state.</p><p>"The BJP is attempting to disturb the peace in the state. They are endeavouring to communalize the situation in Sandeshkhali," stated TMC leader Kunal Ghosh.</p><p>A fresh complaint of gang rape was filed in Sandeshkhali by a local woman was filed today.</p><p>The police so far have arrested 18 people for alleged involvement in some violent protests at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.</p><p>A large number of women in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district had accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of "land-grab and sexually assaulting" them under coercion.</p><p>Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated with him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5.</p>
<p>New Delhi/Kolkata: West Bengal's DGP Rajeev Kumar on Wednesday visited Sandeshkhali to evaluate the situation amidst protests over allegations of sexual abuse by TMC leaders, while the National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the state government and police chief regarding ongoing violence in the area.</p><p>The NHRC also decided to "dispatch its team to verify facts through an on-site investigation" into the occurrences of "human rights violations" in Sandeshkhali, situated in the North 24 Parganas district, according to official sources.</p><p>During his first visit to the area since the commencement of protests earlier this month, the DGP accompanied by senior police officials, visited Sandeshkhali police station and conducted deliberations there.</p><p>"First, let me visit the area and then I will speak to you guys," Kumar told reporters.</p><p>He engaged in a series of discussions with police personnel and is scheduled to remain overnight in the riverine locale of Sandeshkhali.</p><p>Amid the prevailing tensions in Sandeshkhali, law enforcement maintained a robust presence as efforts towards restoring normalcy persisted.</p>.BJP to release documentary on alleged atrocities against women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.<p>The area, which has witnessed a succession of protests over the past weeks, experienced relative calmness, albeit with a women's sit-in protest against TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh for his purported remarks concerning the women of Sandeshkali during a televised discussion.</p><p>On Wednesday, the NHRC announced its intent to dispatch a fact-finding team for an on-site inquiry into the reported "human rights violations" in Sandeshkhali.</p><p>The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of print and electronic media reports that in Sandeshkhali,... innocent and impoverished women have been harassed and sexually assaulted by a group of local gang of a political person, as a result of which, for last few days, local villagers have started protesting for appropriate legal action against the perpetrators of horrific crimes indulged by various goons and anti-social elements, when the local administration failed to take appropriate legal action against the perpetrators of crime."</p><p>Following visits by the National Commission for Women and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is scheduled to visit the strife-torn Sandeshkhali area on Thursday.</p><p>The NCW and NCSC had advocated imposition of President's rule in West Bengal.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to release a documentary on Sandeshkhali on Thursday, intensifying its criticism of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over alleged incidents of atrocities and sexual assaults on women in the region.</p><p>The BJP announced the forthcoming release of the "exclusive" documentary titled 'The Sandeshkhali Shocker: The Big Reveal' on Thursday at 9 am.</p><p>The party urged people to ask Banerjee "Didi ke bolo aaro koto 'Sandeshkhali' (Tell didi how many more Sandeshkhali like incidents)".</p><p>Banerjee is called didi (elder sister) by her followers.</p><p>In New Delhi, the BJP accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government of surpassing the former CPI(M) administration in subjecting the people of West Bengal to atrocities, asserting that the public would deliver a resounding response to the ruling TMC in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.</p><p>"The Sandeshkhali issue is becoming very serious. The patent assault, humiliating treatment, sexual assault on a woman is a shame on our society and democracy," Senior BJP leader Ravi Shakar Prasad said at a press conference at the BJP headquarters.</p><p>In response to the BJP's allegations, the TMC charged the saffron party with fomenting unrest in the state.</p><p>"The BJP is attempting to disturb the peace in the state. They are endeavouring to communalize the situation in Sandeshkhali," stated TMC leader Kunal Ghosh.</p><p>A fresh complaint of gang rape was filed in Sandeshkhali by a local woman was filed today.</p><p>The police so far have arrested 18 people for alleged involvement in some violent protests at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.</p><p>A large number of women in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district had accused Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of "land-grab and sexually assaulting" them under coercion.</p><p>Shajahan has been absconding after a mob, allegedly affiliated with him, attacked Enforcement Directorate officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with a ration scam on January 5.</p>