• 10 months ago
In a widely circulated 30-second video, a mob is shown allegedly stripping and assaulting a group of sadhus. Amit Malviya strongly criticizes the governing TMC administration for the incident.

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00:00 In a strong response, the Bharatiya Janata Party has criticised the ruling Trinamool
00:07 Congress in West Bengal following the viral circulation of a video depicting a group of
00:12 sadhus, seers allegedly being assaulted by a mob in the Purulia district.
00:17 The Trinamool Congress has not yet issued a prompt response in the serious allegations.
00:23 Shame on Mamata Banerjee's defeating silence.
00:26 Had these Hindu sadhus not worthy your acknowledgement?
00:30 The atrocity demands accountability, the BJP West Bengal wrote on social media platform
00:35 X, formerly Twitter.
00:37 In a disturbing 30-second viral footage, a group of sadhus is allegedly shown being striped
00:43 and assaulted by a mob.
00:45 The police have initiated a case based on the complaint by one of the sadhus, leading
00:49 to the arrest of 12 individuals so far with an ongoing investigation.
00:55 The Purulia Superintendent of Police, Avijit Banerjee, responds to the viral video depicting
01:00 a group of sadhus being assaulted by a mob.
01:03 Video - "Three saints in a vehicle were going towards Chhatna taking Kasibu road.
01:12 Near Gaurangdi, three girls were going to offer prayers in the local temple.
01:18 The car stopped there and the sadhus asked them, 'Due to the language bar, there has been a misunderstanding.
01:27 These girls thought that someone is following them or doing something.
01:31 So they tried to stop them.
01:33 The local public came and surrounded them and took them to the Gaurangdi temple.
01:40 They vandalized the car and manhandled the sadhus.
01:45 When the police got the news, they immediately rushed to the spot and evacuated the sadhus.
01:51 Police provided them all possible assistance.
01:56 The vandalized vehicle was refurbished.
01:59 A case has been started on the basis of the complaint submitted by the sadhus.
02:05 12 persons have been arrested so far.
02:07 Investigation is going on.
02:09 We are taking some people in PC, police custody, police remand.
02:15 So, further investigation is going on."
02:19 Meanwhile, BJP Bengal President Sukant Damajumdar also hit out at the Mamata Banerjee government
02:26 over the assault.
02:28 BJP MP Lokechatterji said she was outraged by the Purulia incident.
02:34 Claiming that it was a crime to the Hindu in West Bengal, BJP leader Amit Malviya writes,
02:40 "In Mamata Banerjee's regime, a terrorist like Shah Jahan Shaikh gets state protection and sadhus are being lynched."
02:48 Today, BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato reached out to the sadhus who fell victim to the mob assault in the Purulia district.
02:56 Now, people await the response from the Mamata Banerjee government following substantial backlash from the BJP.
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03:14 an update.

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