The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed a 6-member panel to inquire into the sexual harassment incidents and assault of minor girls at a state-run shelter home at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal.The formation of the panel has come to collect information about the alleged incidents of sexual harassment and violence against women there. Union Minister Annapurna Devi has been named as the convenor of the high-level committee. Other members of the panel are Pratima Bhowmik, BJP MPs Sunita Duggal, Kavita Patidar, Sangeeta Yadav, and Brijlal.After the investigation, the panel will submit the report to BJP party president JP Nadda. Before this on Wednesday, Sukanta Majumdar, the president of the West Bengal BJP, got injured during a police lathi charge during a fight that broke out between party workers and police. He was then taken to the Basirhat Multi-Facility Hospital and is undergoing treatment.#WATCH | Kolkata: West Bengal Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari reached Apollo Hospital to enquire about West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdars health. (14.02)(Source: Office of Suvendu Adhikari) pic.twitter.com/kMKzJ6TlnH— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2024Meanwhile, keeping the security in mind, the West Bengal government has reinstated section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) within a 500-meter radius in seven-gram panchayats, including Sandeshkhali.For the sake of upholding law and order, Sector 144 has been enforced in the region till February 19 in response to the BJPs agitation over claims of sexual harassment made by women in the Sandeshkhali block.Violence broke out in another region of the state on Tuesday as a result of the political uproar around the events at Sandeshkhali in Bengal following women agitation over alleged atrocities committed against them by TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his aides. Earlier, locals, particularly women, marched through various sections of Sandeshkhali, carrying slippers in their hands, demanding the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in an alleged land ration allotment scam and the alleged rape incidents.
