Mamata Banerjee meets family of people killed in Birbhum, announces Rs 5 lakh compensation

On Thursday afternoon Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Rampurhat in Bengal’s Birbhum where eight people were burnt alive by a mob on Tuesday.

She met and spoke with the victims family members and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to each 10 affected families. She also announced an extra Rs 2 lakh for each household to rebuild homes burnt down in the incident. One member of each family will also get a job, she said.

After the killing of a local Trinamool leader Bhadu Sheikh eight people were burnt to death in Rampurhat on early Tuesday morning after several houses were set on fire.

On Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court stepped in, and ordered the state government to protect witnesses and set up CCTV cameras at the site.

On Wednesday leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind to impose Article 355 of the Constitution in the Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal.