Local women of the Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal on February 14 spoke on the recent Sandeshkhali violence and Section 144 imposed in the region. She said that the leader threatened them with killing their husbands and abducting their sons, and thus asked them to keep their mouths shut in front of the media. “We do not trust the government here or the local police. We want our lands and our dignity back, will they provide it to us? Women were taken from here and kept inside the homes for the whole night. They were also beaten up. Nobody could speak anything because they threatened to kill our husbands or abduct our sons. The State police will never take into custody Shahjahan, Shibu, and others,” said a local.