Published By: Sanstuti Nath
Last Updated: June 11, 2023, 14:56 IST
Chowdhury assured the bereaved household that the get together would protest the killing and demand justice (File Photo)
Chowdhury assured the bereaved household that the get together would protest the killing and demand justice. The Congress, he mentioned, would additionally demand police safety for the villagers as folks have been dwelling in concern
West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday visited the home of get together employee Fulchand Sheikh in Murshidabad district who was shot lifeless in the run-up to the panchayat election.
Condemning the incident, the Congress chief questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “silence” on the matter.
Sheikh, 45, was attacked by TMC’s goons on June 9 when he was taking part in playing cards at Ratanpur village on Friday, his relations alleged. He was rushed to Kandi Hospital the place he succumbed to his accidents.
The cost was, nevertheless, denied by the ruling get together. The incident happened when the method of submitting nominations for the July 8 rural polls is underway.
Chowdhury assured the bereaved household that the get together would protest the killing and demand justice. The Congress, he mentioned, would additionally demand police safety for the villagers as folks have been dwelling in concern.
Two others have been additionally injured in the assault, the police had mentioned. The Congress chief claimed that after committing the crime, the culprits looted belongings from Sheikh’s home.
Local leaders of the TMC claimed that private rivalry was behind the killing.
Meanwhile, one other individual has been arrested in reference to the case on Sunday, taking the entire quantity of arrests to 3, the police mentioned.
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