Even as 10 persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the violence at Makra village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, the police did not allow a delegation of Opposition political parties — the Left Front, the BJP and the Congress -- to enter the village.
The village, which was rocked by violence on Monday, witnessed protests by the Opposition parties which held demonstration against clamping of prohibitary orders under Section 144 of the Cr. PC by the district administration.
Congress MP and son of President Pranab Mukherjee, Abhijit Mukherjee, was one of the first to be stopped by the police outside the village. He along with other Congress leaders sat in protest outside the village.
“The police, which had remained a mute spectator when the miscreants were killing people, are now proactive to prevent us from visiting the village. This is an attempt to prevent the truth from being coming out,” Mr Mukherjee said.
The Left Front delegation, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee and MLA Anisur Rahman, was taken into preventive custody by the police when they tried to enter the village. They were later released.
The BJP delegation, which included State vice-president Prabhkar Tiwari and Sharmistha Kar Purakayastha, was also prevented from entering the village.
