‘Babri’ event row: Calcutta HC orders Bengal govt to pull out all stops; beef up security

KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: Calcutta HC directed the Bengal govt Friday to bash immoderate it takes to pre-empt communal disturbance successful Murshidabad’s Beldanga up of suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s planned foundation-laying ceremonial for a “Babri Masjid”, coinciding with the Dec 6 day of the Ayodhya structure’s 1992 demolition.“The authorities indispensable enactment per its stand... The law-and-order concern successful Murshidabad shall beryllium strictly maintained, and the lives and properties of citizens volition beryllium protected,” the part seat of acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen said portion disposing of a PIL against the scheduled event.Kabir’s mosque program comes hardly 8 months aft communal unit successful Murshidabad, triggered by protests against the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2025.Advocate-general Kishore Datta told the seat the authorities had already deployed capable forces to thwart immoderate program to disturb peace. Deputy solicitor-general Rajdeep Majumdar said 19 companies of CISF were stationed successful the area. A 3,500-strong information contingent, including RAF units, fanned retired into Rejinagar and its surrounding areas connected the eve of the event. Two BSF companies are connected standby to unafraid NH-12.MLA Kabir, suspended by TMC a time ago, was summoned to Rejinagar constabulary presumption Friday evening and questioned for respective hours, sources said.

Earlier successful the day, a defiant Kabir supervised arrangements for Saturday’s lawsuit and asked his squad to put 30,000 packets of biryani for his guests. He met splinter groups of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and All Bengal Imam Muezzin Association.“The main programme volition commencement astatine noon. The Quran volition beryllium work for 2 hours. There volition beryllium nary speeches, nary governmental representation, nary enactment flags, and nary governmental canards. I volition beryllium determination with 2,000 volunteers. Everyone knows... this isn’t a caller thing,” helium told reporters.TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh alleged a conspiracy hatched by TMC’s main rival to discredit the enactment arsenic the authorities heads into an predetermination year. (With inputs from PTI)