Via PTI
KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) employee used to be killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence forward of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police mentioned on Sunday.
The TMC employee, recognized as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, used to be shot useless within the Phulmalancha space in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district overdue on Saturday evening when he used to be returning house, a police officer mentioned.
In some other incident at Samserganj in Murshidabad district on Sunday evening, Congress employee Arif Seikh used to be critically injured after being shot at by way of unidentified males, some other police officer mentioned.
Seikh used to be taken to the Jangipur Sanatorium after he used to be shot at throughout an altercation with some folks when he used to be campaigning for native panchayat candidate, the officer mentioned, including that his situation used to be essential.
As information of the assault on Seikh surfaced, Congress staff blocked roads in numerous portions of Samserganj, disrupting vehicular motion for a number of hours.
Samserganj Block Congress president B Seikh alleged that the TMC used to be “at the back of the unprovoked firing incident” and mentioned birthday party staff would once more reveal on Monday.
Then again, the TMC denied the rate, saying that the firing incident came about “because of competition” and it has “not anything to do with politics”.
Within the Basanti incident, an area Indian Secular Entrance (ISF) chief claimed that the deceased, who used to be an in depth affiliate of TMC chief Amarul Laskar, used to be a “sufferer of infighting throughout the ruling birthday party”.
Molla’s daughter Manwara, who’s a TMC candidate in Kathalberia gram panchayat, additionally alleged that her father had complained to the police about “common threats” from a rival faction which requested him to hand over politics however the “regulation enforcers didn’t take any motion”.
“I’m a first-time candidate. My candidature isn’t appreciated by way of some other native faction within the birthday party. I call for a high-level probe into the homicide of my father,” she advised journalists.
Native TMC MLA Saokat Molla mentioned the police will probe the topic and take steered motion in opposition to whoever is accountable.
With the recent dying, 10 folks had been killed up to now in rural poll-related violence in West Bengal for the reason that submitting of nominations started on June 9, in keeping with police stories.
In the meantime, no less than 10 folks have been injured in clashes between CPI(M) and ISF supporters on one aspect and the ones of the TMC at the different in Paschim Medinipur district on Sunday, police mentioned.
The incident happened within the Krishnapur space in Chandrakona within the morning after TMC participants attempted to place up birthday party flags and confronted resistance from opposition activists.
The ten injured folks, who belong to each camps, had been admitted to hospitals, the place they’re present process remedy, some other police officer mentioned, including that their situation is said to be solid.
In some other incident, Ibrahim Mollah, a TMC candidate in Chaltaberia gram panchayat, used to be critically injured when he used to be thrashed and stabbed allegedly by way of ISF activists on Saturday evening, the police mentioned.
The incident came about when he used to be returning house within the Bhangar space in South 24 Parganas after campaigning, the officer mentioned.
TMC chief Saokat Molla alleged that ISF’s Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique used to be “at the back of the assault” as he sought after to unharness a “reign of terror” within the space.
Siddique, on the other hand, pushed aside the rate and alleged that the TMC used to be “threatening and intimidating ISF staff” in villages.
“Villagers are protesting in opposition to the atrocities and ‘bomb tradition’ of the TMC. Those protests don’t seem to be being appreciated by way of the crowd patronised by way of the ruling birthday party chief. The ISF believes in non violent motion by way of folks, now not violence,” he added.
Round 5.67 crore individuals are eligible to solid their votes within the three-tier panchayat elections within the state on July 8 for just about 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats.
KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) employee used to be killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence forward of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police mentioned on Sunday.
The TMC employee, recognized as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, used to be shot useless within the Phulmalancha space in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district overdue on Saturday evening when he used to be returning house, a police officer mentioned.
In some other incident at Samserganj in Murshidabad district on Sunday evening, Congress employee Arif Seikh used to be critically injured after being shot at by way of unidentified males, some other police officer mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Seikh used to be taken to the Jangipur Sanatorium after he used to be shot at throughout an altercation with some folks when he used to be campaigning for native panchayat candidate, the officer mentioned, including that his situation used to be essential.
As information of the assault on Seikh surfaced, Congress staff blocked roads in numerous portions of Samserganj, disrupting vehicular motion for a number of hours.
Samserganj Block Congress president B Seikh alleged that the TMC used to be “at the back of the unprovoked firing incident” and mentioned birthday party staff would once more reveal on Monday.
Then again, the TMC denied the rate, saying that the firing incident came about “because of competition” and it has “not anything to do with politics”.
Within the Basanti incident, an area Indian Secular Entrance (ISF) chief claimed that the deceased, who used to be an in depth affiliate of TMC chief Amarul Laskar, used to be a “sufferer of infighting throughout the ruling birthday party”.
Molla’s daughter Manwara, who’s a TMC candidate in Kathalberia gram panchayat, additionally alleged that her father had complained to the police about “common threats” from a rival faction which requested him to hand over politics however the “regulation enforcers didn’t take any motion”.
“I’m a first-time candidate. My candidature isn’t appreciated by way of some other native faction within the birthday party. I call for a high-level probe into the homicide of my father,” she advised journalists.
Native TMC MLA Saokat Molla mentioned the police will probe the topic and take steered motion in opposition to whoever is accountable.
With the recent dying, 10 folks had been killed up to now in rural poll-related violence in West Bengal for the reason that submitting of nominations started on June 9, in keeping with police stories.
In the meantime, no less than 10 folks have been injured in clashes between CPI(M) and ISF supporters on one aspect and the ones of the TMC at the different in Paschim Medinipur district on Sunday, police mentioned.
The incident happened within the Krishnapur space in Chandrakona within the morning after TMC participants attempted to place up birthday party flags and confronted resistance from opposition activists.
The ten injured folks, who belong to each camps, had been admitted to hospitals, the place they’re present process remedy, some other police officer mentioned, including that their situation is said to be solid.
In some other incident, Ibrahim Mollah, a TMC candidate in Chaltaberia gram panchayat, used to be critically injured when he used to be thrashed and stabbed allegedly by way of ISF activists on Saturday evening, the police mentioned.
The incident came about when he used to be returning house within the Bhangar space in South 24 Parganas after campaigning, the officer mentioned.
TMC chief Saokat Molla alleged that ISF’s Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique used to be “at the back of the assault” as he sought after to unharness a “reign of terror” within the space.
Siddique, on the other hand, pushed aside the rate and alleged that the TMC used to be “threatening and intimidating ISF staff” in villages.
“Villagers are protesting in opposition to the atrocities and ‘bomb tradition’ of the TMC. Those protests don’t seem to be being appreciated by way of the crowd patronised by way of the ruling birthday party chief. The ISF believes in non violent motion by way of folks, now not violence,” he added.
Round 5.67 crore individuals are eligible to solid their votes within the three-tier panchayat elections within the state on July 8 for just about 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats.
