Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Prevent Alleged Exodus Of People Due To Bengal Violence

The plea filed by social worker Arun Mukherjee and other social workers, victim of the violence and lawyers said that they are aggrieved with the post electoral violence in West Bengal since May 2.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear next week a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the West Bengal government to prevent alleged exodus of people due to "state-sponsored" violence and constituting of a SIT to fairly investigate and take appropriate action against culprits. A vacation bench of Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai was told by senior advocate Pinky Anand that more than one lakh people have been displaced due to the poll-related violence in West Bengal. She told the bench that this matter required urgent listing as people are forced to leave their homes and stay in shelter homes and camps. "Ok, we will hear the matter next week," the bench said.