Siliguri, 10th April: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee held a press conference in Siliguri on Saturday evening and highly condemned the Sitalkuchi incident. She stated that a CID probe will be done into the event.
It is to be noted that four people were allegedly shot dead in a clash with security forces outside a polling booth during the fourth phase of elections in Cooch Behar on Saturday. Following this, the Election Commission claimed that the central forces fired in self-defence.
During the press conference, Banerjee claimed that the incident was pre-planned and accused the BJP of trying to spread hate and violence in Bengal. She further stated that some people took pictures of the episode which were allegedly deleted forcibly. She asserted that such events are taking place as per the instructions of the centre.
