Bloc general secretary Debabrata Biswas launched a severe diatribe against the police while referring to the incident at Dayarampur in North Dinajpur district where the police opened fire to dispel a violent mob.

“To my horror, I watched a policeman kick a farmer on TV. How dare he do that to someone who feeds him? If such a thing happens again, don’t take it lying down. Just hack his leg off,” Biswas said during a rally organised at the Netaji Indoor Stadium to condole the deaths of five Bloc supporters who perished in the police firing at Dinhata, North Dinajpur district.

Calling for a tighter leash on the police, he said the police had no contingency plan to tackle the mob in Dinhata. “People obviously do not hurl flowers in a law violation programme. It will have to be choppy. But that does not mean the police fires on them at whim. Is not the police under a Left Front Government?” Biswas said.