Police form team to probe molestation allegation against Bengal Governor
Kolkata: West Bengal Police have formed a separate team to probe molestation allegations against Governor CV Ananda Bose, made by a woman employee at Raj Bhavan, officials said on Saturday.
"An inquiry team has been constituted. We will be speaking to some probable witnesses over the next few days. Have requested CCTV footage, if available," said Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner, Central Division, Kolkata Police.
An employee at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Thursday alleged that she was sexually harassed by Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose. The woman approached the Hare Street police in Kolkata and lodged a complaint against the Bengal Governor.
Following allegations, the Bengal Governor issued a statement on Thursday banning the entry of the police and Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya into the Raj Bhavan premises of Kolkata, Darjeeling, and Barrackpore "defamation and anti-constitutional media statements."
"For defamation and anti-constitutional media statements against Governor, a junior gubernatorial appointee, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Department of Finance has been banned entry into the Raj Bhavan premises of Kolkata, Darjeeling and Barrackpore," the order said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has come out strongly against Governor CV Ananda Bose over the molestation allegations against him and said that a person having such allegations against himself doesn't have the right to talk on the Sandeshkhali issue.
She also asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn't speak on the issue, even though he is present in the state.
"The Governor misbehaved with a young girl You conveyed to me yesterday why my minister is talking about this? I want to make it clear, that there is not one, I have received thousands of such cases, but I didn't speak then. But, yesterday's incident was heart-wrenching for me," she told reporters on Friday.
