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West Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders police to register all cases

The five-judge bench while passing orders on the post-poll violen... Read More
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Friday ordered the police to register all cases of the victims of the post-poll violence in West Bengal.

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The five-judge bench while passing orders on the post-poll violence in West Bengal directed the state government to ensure medical treatment of all victims and to ensure ration for the affected even if they do not have ration cards.

The West Bengal chief secretary has been directed to preserve all documents related to the post-poll violence.

The court also ordered to conduct the second autopsy of BJP worker Abhijeet Sarkar at Command Hospital in Kolkata.

It issued show cause notice to DCP Jadavpur, Rashid Munir Khan IPS, asking them to explain why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against him after the NHRC team was attacked in Jadavpur.

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The court also extended the

National Human Rights Commission

's (NHRC) investigation to July 13 and posted the matter for the next hearing to July 13.

Several incidents of violence have been reported at various places after the announcement of the assembly poll results on May 2, after which a four-member team deputed by the ministry of home affairs also visited the post-poll violence-affected areas.

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