Three TMC workers shot, hacked to death in West Bengal’s Canning

Three TMC workers shot, hacked to death in West Bengal’s Canning

A team of district police and CID have reached the spot and are examining the area. The police who have launched an investigation into the killings, are yet to ascertain the motive behind the murders. The bodies of the Trinamool workers have been sent for autopsy.

TMC leaders blamed the BJP for the murders and accused them of creating an environment of fear in the state.Three Trinamool Congress workers, including a member of a local gram panchayat, were killed by unidentified attackers in Canning town of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas Thursday morning, said the police.
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Sources said Swapan Majhi, Trinamool member of Gopalpur gram panchayat, was on his way to attend the preparatory meeting being held ahead of the Trinamool’s July 21 Sahid Divas programme at the party office in Gopalpur under Canning West Assembly constituency. Majhi was accompanied by Bhutnath Pramanik and Jhantu Haldar, two booth presidents.
As they approached Pier Park in the Kachua area on a motorcycle, the attackers blocked the road to stop them and shot Majhi from point-blank range. “The miscreants first shot Majhi. The two others started running and they were shot too from a distance from behind. The miscreants to confirm death further used a sharp weapon on them,” said a senior police official.
A team of district police and CID have reached the spot and are examining the area. The police who have launched an investigation into the killings, are yet to ascertain the motive behind the murders. The bodies of the Trinamool workers have been sent for autopsy.
TMC leaders blamed the BJP for the murders and accused them of creating an environment of fear in the state. “The BJP is trying to disturb peace in Bengal,” said TMC’s spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.
“The three deceased had yesterday met our local MLA and had told them that they were under threat and that they had received information that they were likely to be murdered. Before they could go to the police the incident took place,” said TMC’s youth leader Debangshu Bhattacharya.
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendhu Adhikari launched a counter-attack against the TMC for the violence in the state.
“It is a fallout of their infighting. The West Bengal Police are busy erecting a watch tower outside CM Mamata Banerjee’s residence. Hence, the law and order situation of the state is getting worse,” added Adhikari.

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BJP stirs controversies, you stay silent: MP to Governor

BJP stirs controversies, you stay silent: MP to Governor

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar of remaining silent when BJP leaders make controversial statements and insult Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Addressing a public meeting at Shyamnagar in North 24 Parganas district, Banerjee took at dig at Dhankhar’s statement that he had “crossed the red line”, saying there was no need for such reaction as he did not name any judge or mentioned any particular judgment.
Banerjee said, “A citizen of this country is free to criticise a judgment of a court. A day before yesterday, I made some remarks. The governor claimed that I crossed the red line. People of the state are well aware of who is crossing the line. I had said that in judiciary, 99 per cent of people are good, only 1% of them follow the instructions of those who control the levers of power.”

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The TMC leader claimed that BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh, Biplab Deb and others have criticised the judiciary. “Have you seen the Governor criticising these leaders?” he said. Questioning the credibility of the CBI, Banerjee said the agency did not call all of those named by the firm owner in the Sarada chit fund scam.
Banerjee said that the doors of his party are closed for the time being for leaders who defected to the BJP and want to return. He made the statement in the presence of Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh who recently returned to TMC, three years after defecting to the saffron camp.
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“Many traitors are lining up at our doors with the plea to return. I am asking you whether I should open the door or keep it closed,” he said.
BJP leader Rahul Sinha said, “If they have no fear why are their leaders running away from CBI probe? This is nothing but an attempt to motivate party workers who have been demoralised by probes against their leaders.”

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