Book by Bengal cop incurs Didi's wrath

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.

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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

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.