Three sadhus beaten up in Bengal on suspicion of being kidnappers

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Purulia (Bengal) – On the evening of 11th January, a mob beat up 3 sadhus, who had arrived from Uttar Pradesh for the Gangasagar Mela of Bengal. The video of this incident is being circulated on social media. It is being said that they were severely beaten up under the assumption of being kidnappers. The BJP has criticised the Trinamool Congress alleging that ‘sadhus are being attacked because of the Trinamool Congress Government in the State’. However, the Police claim this incident to be a result of misunderstanding.

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These 3 sadhus, a man and his 2 children, had arrived from Uttar Pradesh for the Gangasagar Mela in a hired vehicle. In Purulia, they asked some minor girls about an address. These girls ran away while screaming in fear. Due to this, the locals gathered there. They suspected that the sadhus had come to kidnap the girls. After that, people beat up these sadhus. At this time, the sadhus were begging for mercy, as can be seen in the video. The mob vandalised the vehicle in which the sadhus had arrived. At the same time, the Police rescued the sadhus from the mob and took them to the Police station.

Superintendent of Police Abhijit Banerjee said that a crime has been registered in this case and we are conducting a thorough investigation of this incident. A separate unit has been assigned to arrest the ones responsible for violence against the victims. The Sadhus got lost while going to the programme. Hence, they asked the address to the 2 minor girls who were passing by the road. Looking at the dress of the sadhus, the girls were frightened and started to flee from there. The locals thought that these sadhus must have teased the girls or they must have been kidnappers.

Sadhus were beaten up TMC workers – BJP

Amit Malviya, head of the BJP’s IT cell, said that this incident of attack on sadhus is similar to the murder of sadhus by a mob in Palghar (Maharashtra). People associated with the Trinamool Congress have severely beaten-up sadhus going to Gangasagar Mela. In Mamata Banerjee’s State, terrorists such as Shahjahan Sheikh, who attacked the ED, get protection and attacks take place on the sadhus. Being a Hindu in Bengal has now become a crime.

Editorial Perspective

Such incidents will not stop until the President’s rule is imposed in Bengal !