00:00Bringing you a big break news at the moment.
00:02West Bengal Chief Minister Subendu Adhikari has defended Raikansh Police Encounter.
00:07Subendu has said that bullets are for criminals and not rasgullas.
00:11Subendu has also said that will police offer rasgullas if they are attacked?
00:15Remember, Subendu Adhikari has said that cops have the right to protect themselves.
00:20He's also come out and spoken in favor of the police personnel,
00:23saying cops were attacked within law after being attacked
00:27and also have reacted after that.
00:30And CM also says that cops were attacked with the guns and weapons
00:33and therefore he's backing the police action in Raikansh Encounter.
00:37He's also justified the police self-defense in Raikansh.
00:41He's also talked about how cops cannot remain silent when they are themselves attacked.
00:45Also West Bengal Chief Minister Subendu Adhikari has defended
00:49the entire police encounter in Raikansh,
00:52saying that the police have the right to protect themselves when they are attacked.
00:55He said that the police acted in accordance with the law
00:58after being attacked with guns and weapons.
01:20All right, Anupam Mishra is now joining in on the phone line to give us more details on the same.
01:25Manupam, we are getting to hear the West Bengal Chief Minister react to the Raikansh Encounter,
01:30saying that the police were right.
01:32They reacted in accordance with the law after they were attacked with guns and weapons
01:37and rightfully that they have, of course, given a befitting reply in self-defense
01:44and it's not an attack.
01:46And therefore, he said that, you know, the police have the right to self-defense
01:51and not just to offer rizkulas if they are attacked by criminals.
01:57Well, Pachi, you know, this is the fourth encounter, police encounter,
02:00in the last seven months after BGT came to power
02:02and a political showdown has started between BGT and TNP over this issue.
02:07TNP is blaming police administration and BGT government
02:11of holding encounters without any judicial trial or without any judiciary.
02:19On the other hand, Chief Minister Shijendu Adhikari has defended these police encounters,
02:24saying that if someone tries to attack police, they will not sit back
02:28and they have the weapon to use it according to the law.
02:32He has also defended earlier also because we know that
02:36it's the fourth encounter in the state after BGT came to power
02:40and the first encounter which happened just after BGT came to power in Baroipur.
02:45He had also defended at that time.
02:47So it's a clear indication by BGT government that they will not go down
02:53against any political blame game or any accusations by opposition.
02:59They will continue with this kind of trend.
03:01Although TNP is raising questions on the modus operandi
03:05and the script which police is saying every time that the accused has tried to attack police
03:10and then police in retaliation fired back.
03:14So there is a political showdown which has started between BGT and TNP over the issue.
03:19Right. Anupam, thanks a lot for getting us all of those details there.
03:23But time to shift focus to another big breaking news at the moment viewers.
