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An Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) in West Bengal’s Ranaghat made a controversial remark about women consuming alcohol. The remark by Laltu Halder came while he was addressing a public event in the city. Speaking at a gathering, Halder said he feels “ashamed” to witness women drinking liquor in public during a procession. “I feel ashamed to say this. In a procession, young women were seen drinking alcohol while standing on the road. If this is considered the glory of a procession, then I condemn such a procession,” he could be heard saying in a widely shared video on social media. He went on to make remarks linking women’s conduct to social order, saying, “Men are bound to behave mischievously.” “It is women’s duty to restrain them. But now, it is the women themselves who are drinking and creating chaos. As a result, society is heading towards ruin,” he remarked. There was no information on whether there was an action against the cop. Separately, the BJP on Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of politicising the death of a 95-year-old man in Birbhum district by “falsely” connecting it with “fears of the SIR and NRC”, and said her “script” is nothing but a “desperate hoax” written for electoral dividends. According to police, Kshitish Majumdar was found hanging at his daughter’s residence in the Illambazar area of Birbhum on Wednesday night. Family members said he was anxious after learning that his name was missing from the 2002 electoral rolls. This is the second such death reported in West Bengal in the last 72 hours, following a similar incident at Panihati, near Kolkata. Banerjee condemned the deaths and a suicide bid allegedly linked to distress over the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state, and said these incidents reflect the “tragic consequences of the BJP’s politics of fear, division and hate”. ALSO READ | Row After Bangladesh National Anthem Sung At Congress Event, BJP Alleges Vote-Bank Politics
