AGARTALA / UDAIPUR, July 26 (TIWN): Udiapur Police on Thursday registered cases against three top leaders of CPI-M along with 150 party activists for holding an unpermitted rally of July 24 which led violent attacks upon CPI-M leaders and activists. The top leaders are : Ex-Minister Badal Choudhury, Ex-Minister Ratan Bhowmik, Ex-MLA Madhab Saha along with 150 party activists. However, the people who attacked upon the rally, police has not yet taken any interest to arrest the culprits on the basis of 'mob violence' even after the videos and pictures of the attackers became viral. Additional SP Nawadwip Jamatia told TIWN, Police did not take any action against the attackers as the whole rally was done without permission. If without permission any political party holds a rally then police can't have any liability.

Add SP further said, “The political leaders who conducted a rally without permission was requested not to go through the town area but they did it and solely they are responsible for the incident”. 

Reacting over the media reports which says, Police were walking with the CPI-M rally, Additional SP said, not a single police was with them, rather they  were TSR who are the escorts of the MLAs and Ex-Ministers. Nawadwip Jamatia also said, CPI-M didn’t lodge any FIR against the attackers so that police would not take action.

Being asked by TIWN, whether they were BJP goons to attack, Additional SP further said, “The attacker may be BJP, IPFT, CPI-M, Amra Bangali it doesn't matter to Police. Both attackers and protesters may be of same group….. but the whole issue on that day was created with unpermitted rally”.

Further reacting on recent media reports which claimed about Police's negligence during the rally on Tuesday, Add SP added, “Police was never inactive in that incident, rather police were active and that’s why the bloodshed was less. Moreover 1 police constable was heavily injured in that clash". 

The cases registered against them are : 188/147/ 149/ IPC.

Bacground of the Incident : On July 24, above 100 CPI-M activists faced an attack while walking in a rally without permission as a part of nation-wide protest of Left Parties. CPI-M leaders led by Ex Minister Badal Choudhury, Ratan Bhowmik, Ex-MLA Madhab Saha were also walking in the rally at Udaipur which was a part of the national protest led by MPs and 5 Left parties at New Delhi before the Parliament. 

According to CPI-M’s statement, till yesterday night Badal Choudhury, Ratan Bhowmik and other top leaders were trying to get permission for the rally in Udaipur, but police did not give them permission. As a result CPI-Ms decided to walk without permission. When the rally was entering the New Town Road, they were attacked by miscreants in group.

Today EX-CM Manik Sarkar has visited Udaipur District Hospital to see the injured comrades at there.