Via PTI
KOLKATA: Two ruling Trinamool Congress employees on a bike have been killed when bombs have been hurled at them in West Bengal’s Birbhum district forward of the panchayat elections, the police stated on Sunday.
Whilst the opposition BJP and the Congress alleged that the killings have been a fallout of the TMC’s infighting, the ruling get together pointed palms on the grand outdated get together of India.
The superintendent of police of the district used to be transferred inside of 24 hours of the incident, although the management claimed that the transfer isn’t associated with the killings.
TMC employees Newton Sheikh and his better half Laltu Sheikh, brother of the native panchayat leader, have been going someplace on a motorbike when some miscreants hurled bombs at them on Saturday night, police stated.
Whilst Newton died at evening, Laltu succumbed to his accidents at SSKM Sanatorium in Kolkata, the place he used to be shifted from Rampurhat Sanatorium within the district.
The relations of the deceased individuals alleged that the bombs have been thrown by way of goons of the Congress because the get together used to be fearful of the “expanding reputation” of the 2 within the space forward of the panchayat polls due this yr.
Countering their claims, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated the get together has little presence at Margram so that you can perform such an assault.
“We all know that the attackers and sufferers each belong to the TMC,” Chowdhury claimed.
BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh stated, “TMC activists are attacking themselves and getting killed within the struggle to get the spoils over minimize cash. The placement will finish handiest after the removing of this regime.”
West Bengal minister and senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim, on the other hand, denied there may be any intra-party competition at the back of the killings.
Giving a twist to the incident, Hakim questioned whether or not Maoists might be concerned within the assault as Birbhum district stocks borders with Jharkhand the place the pink rebels are lively.
The police must examine all sides to learn how and why the 2 have been attacked, Hakim stated in Kolkata.
In the meantime, the West Bengal executive on Sunday transferred Birbhum district Superintendent of Police Nagendra Nath Tripathi and taken every other IPS officer Bhaskar Mukherjee in his position.
A notification from the state secretariat Nabanna’ stated Tripathi has been requested to take over as an officer on particular accountability (OSD) at West Bengal Police Directorate right away.
Mukherjee used to be the SP of the Sunderban Police District.
He’s going to get replaced by way of Koteswara Rao Nalavath, the SP (headquarters), Anti-Corruption Department, the notification stated.
A senior authentic of the state secretariat described the mini reshuffle in IPS ranks as “purely administrative” although it used to be effected inside of an afternoon of the killing of 2 TMC activists.
Ghosh claimed that IPS officials, “regardless of pledging loyalty to the ruling get together”, are being shunted and this can be a unhappy remark over the present state of affairs.
“This beauty step is not going to lend a hand in unearthing the massive selection of crude bombs stockpiled by way of the ruling get together forward of the panchayat elections,” the BJP chief stated.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen, on the other hand, stated it used to be a purely administrative resolution.
KOLKATA: Two ruling Trinamool Congress employees on a bike have been killed when bombs have been hurled at them in West Bengal’s Birbhum district forward of the panchayat elections, the police stated on Sunday.
Whilst the opposition BJP and the Congress alleged that the killings have been a fallout of the TMC’s infighting, the ruling get together pointed palms on the grand outdated get together of India.
The superintendent of police of the district used to be transferred inside of 24 hours of the incident, although the management claimed that the transfer isn’t associated with the killings.
TMC employees Newton Sheikh and his better half Laltu Sheikh, brother of the native panchayat leader, have been going someplace on a motorbike when some miscreants hurled bombs at them on Saturday night, police stated.
Whilst Newton died at evening, Laltu succumbed to his accidents at SSKM Sanatorium in Kolkata, the place he used to be shifted from Rampurhat Sanatorium within the district.
The relations of the deceased individuals alleged that the bombs have been thrown by way of goons of the Congress because the get together used to be fearful of the “expanding reputation” of the 2 within the space forward of the panchayat polls due this yr.
Countering their claims, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated the get together has little presence at Margram so that you can perform such an assault.
“We all know that the attackers and sufferers each belong to the TMC,” Chowdhury claimed.
BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh stated, “TMC activists are attacking themselves and getting killed within the struggle to get the spoils over minimize cash. The placement will finish handiest after the removing of this regime.”
West Bengal minister and senior TMC chief Firhad Hakim, on the other hand, denied there may be any intra-party competition at the back of the killings.
Giving a twist to the incident, Hakim questioned whether or not Maoists might be concerned within the assault as Birbhum district stocks borders with Jharkhand the place the pink rebels are lively.
The police must examine all sides to learn how and why the 2 have been attacked, Hakim stated in Kolkata.
In the meantime, the West Bengal executive on Sunday transferred Birbhum district Superintendent of Police Nagendra Nath Tripathi and taken every other IPS officer Bhaskar Mukherjee in his position.
A notification from the state secretariat Nabanna’ stated Tripathi has been requested to take over as an officer on particular accountability (OSD) at West Bengal Police Directorate right away.
Mukherjee used to be the SP of the Sunderban Police District.
He’s going to get replaced by way of Koteswara Rao Nalavath, the SP (headquarters), Anti-Corruption Department, the notification stated.
A senior authentic of the state secretariat described the mini reshuffle in IPS ranks as “purely administrative” although it used to be effected inside of an afternoon of the killing of 2 TMC activists.
Ghosh claimed that IPS officials, “regardless of pledging loyalty to the ruling get together”, are being shunted and this can be a unhappy remark over the present state of affairs.
“This beauty step is not going to lend a hand in unearthing the massive selection of crude bombs stockpiled by way of the ruling get together forward of the panchayat elections,” the BJP chief stated.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen, on the other hand, stated it used to be a purely administrative resolution.