Left criticises alleged police atrocities

Kolkata Sep 11 (IANS) Condemning police "brutalities" on their workers West Bengal s opposition Left Front on Monday threatened to stage protest rallies in various parts of the state.

"Our workers were attacked by police when they were agitating for people s rights " West Bengal Left Front chairman and CPI-M politburo member Biman Bose said in a statement.

"This has to be protested and we will do that by staging rallies on Tuesday " he said.

Protesting against the central and state policies the Left had organised a programme during the day to submit memorandum to the district magistrates in all the districts.

Communist Party of India-Marxist state Secretary Surya Kanta Mishra said: "The Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) should know that when the people of the state have taken to the streets they cannot be stopped."

Earlier in the day police baton-charged a group of Left party supporters when they used force to try and enter the office of the District Magistrate of North 24 Parganas district.

According to police a few policemen suffered injuries in Bankura when they tried to stop a large number of members of Leftist organisations from entering the District Magistrate s office.

--IANS
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