West Bengal

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were stopped from going to Sandeshkhali. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee was detained by a police team in Bhojerhat.

It is mentioned in the complaint that the victim girl's face was bloodied and she had suffered a direct attack on her face, her eyes were gouged out, her ears were torn off, and her mandible was slit open as well. However, none of these injuries were mentioned in the post-mortem report.

The Calcutta High Court observed that Goddess Sita is worshiped by a large majority of people in the country.

Besides his relentless coverage of Sandeshkhali, Santu Pan is known for asking hard-hitting questions to TMC strongman Abhishek Banerjee.

On Wednesday (21st February), the  West Bengal unit of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) shared a video of a woman accusing TMC leader Udayan Guha,  Deepak Bhattacharya and Bishu Dhar.

A 3-member team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes reached Sandeshkhali on Wednesday to probe the sexual exploitation of the tribal women in the Sandeshkhali incident.

The Commission has noted that recent events in Sandeshkhali "indicate a prima facie violation of human rights, shocking the conscience."

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reportedly sought details from the West Bengal police regarding the allegations of human trafficking in the Sandeshkhali incident

IPS officer Jaspreet Singh is posted as a Special Superintendent of Police (Intelligence Bureau) with West Bengal Police.

The Hindu priest was stopped from conducting rituals by assistant sub-inspector Navin Chandra Poddar, who told Goswami that he could not offer his prayers at the disputed mosque.