Denial of basic rights to village students in West Bengal

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Dear Mr Prasad,

Re: Denial of basic rights to village students in West Bengal

Victims: Students of the primary school in Kanchra Village
Address: Kanchra Village, Ketugram Police Station, Bardhaman District, West Bengal
Place of incident: Primary School, Kanchra Village
Alleged perpetrators: Police of Ketugram Police Station

I am deeply concerned to hear about the illegal occupation of a room in the primary school building, Kanchra village, Bardhaman District, West Bengal by the local police.

In January 2001, while mediating between a village fight, the police started camping in one of the three rooms in the school, which resulted in a paucity of space. As a result, the students have throughout this duration been taught outside in the open, and in monsoons when this is difficult, classes do not take place. Due to this their studies have been severely affected. It is also alleged that the police have been tapping electricity illegally from the transmitter in the school over the years in order to run their camp.

Though the villagers have been protesting against both the illegal occupation and the illegal tapping of electricity, the school authorities are yet to lodge a complaint against the police.

I thereby call for your urgent intervention. Please order an impartial inquiry into this incident and ensure that the children of the primary school are able to study in their classrooms without any further interruption. The police should be immediately asked toleave the school campus and action should be taken against all those, including the school authorities, who allowed the illegal occupation to continue all this time, thus denying the students their basic rights to education. The perpetrators should also be punished for the illegal electricity consumption, which is a punishable offence under the state laws.

Yours sincerely,
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