Sharmishta Panoli Row: Why Bengal Polices Action Reflects Selective Targeting – Decoded

West Bengal Police are going through critical complaint for alleged double requirements of their dealing with of latest circumstances, drawing parallels to considerations about selective enforcement observed in different places. Critics level to 2 contrasting incidents: the alleged state of no activity in a case involving an assault on Hindus in Siliguri and the swift arrest of a scholar, Sharmistha, for offensive remarks towards a particular faith.

In Siliguri, regardless of assaults on Hindus, police are accused of being inactive, with perpetrators reportedly roaming loose. Conversely, the Kolkata Police arrested 22-year-old Sharmistha from Gurugram, 1500 kilometers away, for allegedly making objectionable feedback a couple of explicit faith.

In these days’s DNA, Rahul Sinha Managing editor of Zee News decorded why Bengal police’s motion in Sharmishta Panoli case displays selective concentrated on

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The controversy extends past the police to the complainant towards Sharmistha, Wajahat Khan. Allegations have surfaced referring to Khan’s personal observe report of offensive social media posts relating to Hindu deities, which police have reputedly left out. Furthermore, Khan is reportedly connected to the “Sky Foundation,” an NGO with alleged connections to Pakistan and an place of business in Karachi.

While Sharmistha stays in judicial custody for 14 days, Wajahat Khan, regardless of his alleged derogatory feedback, stays loose. This has resulted in accusations that West Bengal Police are appearing in response to spiritual bias.

The Bar Council of India has additionally wondered the “selective pattern” of the police and the Mamata Banerjee govt. Concerns have additionally been raised in regards to the appointment of Inspector Naushad Akhtar because the investigating officer in Sharmistha’s case.

 Political reactions, together with a shared outdated video of Mamata Banerjee by way of Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, additional gasoline accusations of appeasement politics.