<p>The intolerance of the Mamata Banerjee government was again apparent when the police allegedly raided a shop belonging to Mitra Ghosh, the publisher of “Musalmander Koronio” book written by a top cop of the state police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police raided the office of Mitra and Ghosh Publishers Pvt Ltd demanding that copies of “Musalmander Koronio” (What Muslims Should Do), written by Additional Director-General (Training) Nazrul Islam, be immediately handed over to them.<br /><br />“On August 30, at 11 pm I got a phone call from a senior police official of the enforcement branch who told me that he urgently want five copies of the book. But I could not do anything at that time and told him that I would be able to oblige him only the next day,” proprietor of Mitra Ghosh publisher Sabitendranath Roy said.<br /><br />“On August 31, the police arrived at the office on College Street. The shutters of the sales counter were forced to shut while the policemen searched the premises,” he said.<br /><br />“Till they were satisfied that the book was not available there, they refused to allow us to open the counter. Meanwhile, I had to struggle to find the book and eventually requested Islam himself to part with some of the complimentary copies we had given him,” he said.<br /><br /> In fact this is not a new phenomenon for the Trinamool Congress-ruled government in the state. There were similar instances when the people were subjected to harassment for criticising the government.<br /></p>
<p>The intolerance of the Mamata Banerjee government was again apparent when the police allegedly raided a shop belonging to Mitra Ghosh, the publisher of “Musalmander Koronio” book written by a top cop of the state police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police raided the office of Mitra and Ghosh Publishers Pvt Ltd demanding that copies of “Musalmander Koronio” (What Muslims Should Do), written by Additional Director-General (Training) Nazrul Islam, be immediately handed over to them.<br /><br />“On August 30, at 11 pm I got a phone call from a senior police official of the enforcement branch who told me that he urgently want five copies of the book. But I could not do anything at that time and told him that I would be able to oblige him only the next day,” proprietor of Mitra Ghosh publisher Sabitendranath Roy said.<br /><br />“On August 31, the police arrived at the office on College Street. The shutters of the sales counter were forced to shut while the policemen searched the premises,” he said.<br /><br />“Till they were satisfied that the book was not available there, they refused to allow us to open the counter. Meanwhile, I had to struggle to find the book and eventually requested Islam himself to part with some of the complimentary copies we had given him,” he said.<br /><br /> In fact this is not a new phenomenon for the Trinamool Congress-ruled government in the state. There were similar instances when the people were subjected to harassment for criticising the government.<br /></p>