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BJP states booked protesters despite no-case promise
The News Minute··28 Jul
Despite assurances that no criminal cases would be pursued against Cockroach Janta Party protesters, police in BJP ruled Bihar, West Bengal and Assam booked demonstrators on charges including attempt to murder. After CJP threatened to revive its protest, Bihar and Assam agreed to drop cases and release those detained before 6 pm on July 26; Bengal had not announced action.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Families of arrested protesters across Bihar, Bengal and Assam can track whether promised case withdrawals are actually being honoured.
- It shows citizens that a national political promise does not automatically translate into uniform action across state governments.
- Anyone following protest related legal cases gets a clearer sense of which states have acted and which have not.
What's Happening
- Despite assurances that no cases would be pursued against CJP protesters, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam police filed charges including attempt to murder.
- Bihar and Assam later agreed to drop cases and release protesters detained before 6 pm on July 26, while Bengal had not acted.
- In Bihar, 86 people were sent to judicial custody in a single night in Patna on serious charges.
One National Promise, Three Different State Responses
- In Assam, a woman lawyer alleged she was physically and sexually assaulted by police while celebrating Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.
- In West Bengal, 14 people, mostly Muslim, were arrested under a state law that allows detention without trial for up to a year.
- Union Minister JP Nadda had promised nationwide withdrawal of protest related FIRs when the CJP ended its agitation.
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