Family members of the migrant worker who had alleged harassment and torture by the Delhi police on Wednesday returned to West Bengal and held a press conference in Kolkata claiming that they were referred as ‘Bangladeshis’ and asked to pay ₹25,000 by the men posing as police personnel.
Sanjur Parveen and other members of the family who hails from Chanchal in Malda district of West Bengal held a press conference at the Trinamool Congress party office in Kolkata and said that the personnel of Delhi police asked her to chant “Jai Shri Ram.
Several leaders of Trinamool Congress including chairperson of West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board Samirul Islam, party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh and, State’s Minister Firhad Hakim, Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor were among the leaders who were present at the press conference.
“Four people came to our house and they introduced themselves as police. They wanted to see our Aadhaar cards. They referred to us as Bangladeshis and said that we should not leave the area. We told them that we are not Bangladeshi but Indians,” Ms. Parveen said.
She added that the next day four others came with two women and tried to take my child away. “There I was asked to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’. I said, I am a Muslim. I cannot say that. After that, they demanded ₹25,000 from me,” Ms. Parveen said. The Malda resident added that she along with her child were assaulted.
