Kolkata: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to protect the culprits of the massacre at Rampurhat in Birbhum in the garb of a special investigation team (SIT) probe by her government.
In a reply letter to Ms Banerjee’s claims on Tuesday, Mr Dhankhar wrote, “There will be no credibility of your stand of there being “possibility of a larger political conspiracy to malign the image of the state cannot be ruled out.” This is a ruse to shield the guilty of ghastly crime. Already enough is in circulation about perpetrators of this savagery. Further your assurance that “investigation will make all-out efforts to unearth all those who are behind the occurrence of the incident” is a far cry from reality. Politically caged investigation in the state inspires no confidence.”
He observed, “There can just be no credibility for the SIT headed by Gyanwant Singh, suffering judicial taint and condemnation. SIT is being taken…