A National Commission for Women (NCW) delegation, headed by Chairman Vijaya Rahatkar, visited riot-affected individuals in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Saturday, assuring them of the Centre's commitment to ensuring their future safety, PTI confirmed.
While, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose will visit riot-hit areas of Shamsherganj in Murshidabad to review the situation and interact with the affected people.
According to PTI, 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 communal clashes which claimed three lives.
The NCW chief told the victims that there was nothing to worry as the Centre was with them.
"We have come here to see your plight. Please don't worry. The country and the commission are beside you all. Don't feel that you are alone," Rahatkar told the victims at Betbona town in Murshidabad, as quoted by PTI.
The NCW team had also visited a relief camp in Malda district on Friday and met those displaced by the Murshidabad riots.
The commission had assessed the condition of women affected by the recent communal violence in parts of the state.
The NCW had earlier taken suo motu cognisance of the violence that broke out in Shamsherganj, Suti, Dhulian, and Jangipur areas of Murshidabad on April 11 and 12.
Governor Will Visit Violence Hit Area
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose will visit the violence-hit areas, including Dhulian, Suti and Jangipur in the district.
Bose will speak to some members of the affected families at the guest house in Farakka where he has been staying since Friday night, the official said.
바카라The governor will be visiting the riot-hit areas in Murshidabad today. He will assess the situation himself and talk to the locals,바카라 the Raj Bhavan official told PTI.
He assured them that "proactive action" would be taken to address their grievances.
"I met the family members who are at the camp here. They have briefed me in detail. There will certainly be proactive action taken," the governor had said
Three people were killed and hundreds rendered homeless in clashes in Muslim-dominated areas amid protests against amendment to the Central Waqf Act.
