Post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders Bengal govt to register all instances, present medical care to victims

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered West Bengal police to register instances of all victims of post-poll violence. In addition, the court docket requested the state authorities to make sure medical therapy and ration is supplied to all victims even when they don’t have ration playing cards.
The excessive court docket has directed the chief secretary of West Bengal to protect all paperwork associated to post-poll violence. A second post-mortem of BJP chief Abhijit Sarkar who was allegedly killed in post-poll violence has additionally been ordered by the court docket.
This comes a day after Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre, the West Bengal authorities, and the Election Commission of India on a plea in search of SIT investigation into the causes of post-poll violence in West Bengal, Bar and Bench reported.
A committee constituted by the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission had submitted a report earlier than the Calcutta High Court on instances of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.