NCW team meets riot-affected people in Betbona and Dhulian in Murshidabad, assures help for their safety

A delegation of the National Commission for Women (NCW), led by its chairman Vijaya Rahatkar, met the riot-affected people in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday and assured them that all steps would be taken by the Centre to ensure their safety in future.

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The affected women narrated their plight during the violent days and demanded that permanent BSF camps be set up in select areas of the district and an NIA probe into the recent communal clashes, which claimed three lives.

Rahatkar said, “I am dumbfounded by the agony these women are having to suffer. What they went through during the violence is beyond imagi nation.” The NCW chief told the victims that there was “no cause for worry” as the Centre was beside them.

“We have come here to see your plight. Please don’t worry. The commission and the commission are beside you all. Don’t feel that you are alone,” Rahatkar told the victims at Betbona village.