It nauseates me to retweet a tweet like this but it must be done. This is getting too thick.
I remember,in 2002 (Left rule) there was an unnatural death of a VHP worker called Naranarayan Naskar in Vill. Palar,P.S. Bhatar, Distt Bardhaman. I myself went to see the spot and then
I remember,in 2002 (Left rule) there was an unnatural death of a VHP worker called Naranarayan Naskar in Vill. Palar,P.S. Bhatar, Distt Bardhaman. I myself went to see the spot and then
the SP. He said this man had tied himself to a lamppost,stood on a pile of hay and set fire to himself. I wondered why the man should take so much trouble and asked to see the Surathaal report. The SP refused. There was no RTI Act then, so I could do nothing more.
Who is next?
Who is next?
Political violence has become a part of the culture of West Bengal. The litany is standard: If it can be passed off as suicide,as was with the Hemtabad and Ramnagar cases,that is done. If it cannot,even by the longest stretch of imagination (look at my previous tweet to see how
long that can be) Party A will say it is the work of Party B; and Party B will say it is the result of intra-party clashes of Party A.
But sometimes even these norms are surpassed as in the gruesome rape-murders of Bantala (1990). The autopsy surgeon found a torch having been
But sometimes even these norms are surpassed as in the gruesome rape-murders of Bantala (1990). The autopsy surgeon found a torch having been
thrust up the vagina of the raped woman; and her driver's penis smashed with bricks and some 43 stab marks on him. Autopsy surgeons are supposed to be hardened people,but this was too much even for
them. She fainted.
Chief Minister Jyoti Basu however, was made of sterner stuff. He remarked,"Erokom to kotoi hoy" (such things happen all the time).
Chief Minister Jyoti Basu however, was made of sterner stuff. He remarked,"Erokom to kotoi hoy" (such things happen all the time).
