I am an Adivasi-I am a Dalit-Police arrest me, implicating Dalits and Adivasis in false cases and protecting the coal mafia will not work, the Dalit community of Barabani is fighting and will fight against the terror of coal and sand. Carrying placards with such slogans written on them, hundreds of people from the Dalit and Adivasi community of Barabani police station area gathered in front of Asansol Rabindra Bhavan on Thursday and demonstrated.
Asansol.I am an Adivasi-I am a Dalit-Police arrest me, implicating Dalits and Adivasis in false cases and protecting the coal mafia will not work, the Dalit community of Barabani is fighting and will fight against the terror of coal and sand. Carrying placards with such slogans written on them, hundreds of people from the Dalit and Adivasi community of Barabani police station area gathered in front of Asansol Rabindra Bhavan on Thursday and demonstrated. From here, they took out a rally and gathered in front of the Police Commissioner’s office and remained adamant on their demand to surrender. The in-charge of Asansol South police station arrived with a heavy police force and tried to convince the agitators for a long time. The agitators agreed to his words and after taking out a rally near the Police Commissioner’s office, they again came back and gathered in front of Rabindra Bhavan. Five delegations held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Dhruv Das and put forth their problems. Bapi Bauri, a member of Puchhra Gram Panchayat and Trinamool leader who was leading the agitation, said that the Deputy Commissioner of Police has assured that no one will be arrested without reason. Whatever the problem is, give a written memorandum of it, the problem will be solved. After this assurance, the agitators returned. This agitation has brought Barabani Police Station In-charge Manoranjan Mandal under the scanner.
It is worth noting that for the last one week, there has been a lot of tension between the police and the Dalit and backward class people in the Barabani police station area. Bapi Bauri said that in Barabani, the police station in-charge keeps threatening people belonging to SC and ST and arresting them without any reason. A few days ago, a youth named Gautam Bauri was called to the police station and arrested. Just a few hours before his arrest, he had gone to the police station to mediate in a dispute between his neighbours. Bapi Bauri said that school children commute on the roads where sand and coal are being transported. These roads are being ruined by the movement of heavy vehicles. Accidents are also happening due to this. Traffic of heavy vehicles was opposed here. After this, the station in-charge arrived with the police and picked up five boys and brought them to the police station and beat them badly. Local Panchayat members had gone to the police station to talk but the station in-charge refused to listen to anything and said that he would file a case against 150 to 200 people and put them in jail. Angry with this statement of the station in-charge, people have come to the Police Commissioner to surrender themselves.
What is the whole matter
On 27 June, the police of Barabani police station called Gautam Bauri of Khodabar area of ????their area to the police station and arrested him. On 26 June, he had come to the police station to mediate in a dispute between a husband and wife living in the neighbourhood. Later he was released on bail. This incident caused a lot of resentment among the people of Bauri community. On the night of 28 June, hundreds of people from Dalit and Adivasi community protested in front of Barabani police station. They alleged that why is the police implicating Dalits in false cases? The station in-charge is doing such things at the behest of a strongman leader of the area. After a long meeting of police officers with the agitators in the police station, the matter calmed down.
On the complaint of Sub Inspector Shobhan Saha of Barabani police station regarding this 28 June agitation, an FIR was registered naming 14 leaders of Bauri community and making 250 other men and women accused. In which sections 143/147/148/149/153A/353 of BNS have been imposed in case number 96/24. On Wednesday night, the police picked up Kajal Bauri, Rajiv Bauri, Sanjay Gorai, Bapi Dhibar and Krishna Bauri and brought them to the police station. As soon as they got the information, hundreds of men and women reached Barabani police station to get arrested. The ruckus continued for a long time. Due to heavy rain, they all returned at 11 pm and started marching towards the Police Commissioner’s office in the morning. Meanwhile, the police released all the arrested persons from the police station itself on bail bond.
The police have been accused of implicating people in false cases.
During the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there was a movement of opposition parties across the state on the issue of Sandeshkhali. On February 25, a demonstration was held by the BJP on this issue in Gaurandi area of ????Barabani police station area. During this, the effigy of the Chief Minister was burnt. After the agitation ended, a case was registered under non-bailable sections on the complaint of the police sub-inspector Amit Kar of the police station, naming BJP district secretary Abhijit Rai, BJYM district president Babon Mandal, BJYM Barabani Mandal 1 president Khokhan Maharaj, along with giving the numbers of seven vehicles and making their owners and others accused. On the very next day, Asansol South MLA Agnimitra Pal sat on a dharna at Bhagat Singh Mor, accusing the police of Barabani police station of implicating BJP leaders in a false case.
Security agencies are also at risk due to illegal coal trade
There are many coal mines of ECL in Barabani police station area. Incidents of coal theft are common here, whose complaints are also regularly made in the police station. Attacks on security personnel during mine raids are also common here. A few days ago, CISF and ECL security team had caught nine people during a mine raid. Coal thieves had attacked the security team. They freed their comrades from their clutches and vandalized the security officer’s car. The security officer and his team somehow managed to escape from there saving their lives.
In terms of statistics, Barabani is the most peaceful police station
In six months, only 96 FIRs have been registered in Barabani police station area. From this point of view, this police station area is quite peaceful. 314 FIRs have been registered in the nearby Asansol North police station, 243 FIRs in Asansol South police station, 304 FIRs in Jamuria police station and 116 FIRs in Salanpur police station. That means, on an average, only 15 cases are registered here in a month. Despite this, they are constantly being accused of implicating people in false cases.
Courtesy : Hindi News
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