Lalgarh lessons: now no police camps in schools

Taking a lesson from Lalgarh,where police faced opposition for setting up their camps in schools,the state government has decided not to use school buildings for setting up camps in the Junglemahal area.

Taking a lesson from Lalgarh,where police faced opposition for setting up their camps in schools,the state government has decided not to use school buildings for setting up camps in the Junglemahal area.

After the Lalgarh incident,we have decided that the police will undertake only patrolling to maintain peace in the disturbed areas and will not set up camps in local schools, said state Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen.

Chandrakona in West Midnapore is the first place where the state government has implemented the decision and avoided setting up police camps even after getting reports of violence in the area. A Trinamool Congress supporter was killed in Chandrakona on Thursday in a clash with the CPM cadres.

We have reports that one person was killed in Chandrakona. A large contingent of police has moved to the area. Around eight persons have been arrested, said Sen.

Sen said since there is no place to set up camps in the area,police will only patrol the area.

On Thursday,Trinamool and CPM supporters clashed in Chandrakona,even as joint operation of the Central and state police forces was still going on in the area.

The area is a part of the Lalgarh-Goaltore belt in West Midnapore.

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This is the result of the battle of capturing power between the CPM and Trinamool. The Trinamool has been ruling Chandrakona,once a CPM citadel,for last six months. After CPM supporters tried to recapture Chandrakona,Trinamool cadres resisted it. Our party members visited the area after the clash but we found that the police patrolling there remained mute spectators, said Durgresh Malladev,Congress block president.

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