The preliminary investigation suggests that the rising factionalism inside the TMC might be the reason behind the killing, however, the TMC has refuted the claim. As per the TMC, external forces, including Bangladeshi infiltrators, could be behind the attack.
Rasikt Mondal was sentenced to life imprisonment by District and Sessions court in Malda in 1992 after being arrested in 1988, on the charge of murdering his brother in a land dispute case.
A few locals came forward to victims after the fatal road accident. They called the police seeing several people trapped in the damaged vehicle. They took them to a nearby hospital.
The deceased in the horrific lightening strike incident include two minors and a couple. the district administration has announced a compensation of Rs. 2 lakh each for the families of deceased.
"Under TMC rule, only one thing exists - scams totalling thousands of crores. The culprit is TMC, but the entire state is forced to pay for its deception," PM Modi said.
A total of Rs 2.23 lakh in cash was seized from the accused, police said.
The District Magistrate Nitin Singhania said weighty rainstorms lashed Malda at night, during which seven individuals passed on.
According to police, TMC candidate Mustafa Sheikh was attacked and beaten by unidentified criminals in the Sujapur area on his way home in the afternoon.
The man managed to enter the school and barge into the room where Class-8 students were seated. He was holding a gun and shouting at the students.
West Bengal news: Mousumi's husband, Pintu Mandal said, "She was sleeping in her room at our house when two unidentified persons entered and started beating her and also stabbed her. Trinamool Congress-backed goons are involved in the attack".
The West Bengal Police on June 19 arrested a 19-year old for allegedly killing four members of his family and burying them in a godown in his residential compound in West Bengal's Malda district.
During interrogation, Han Junwe told security forces that he and his associates have smuggled thousands of SIM cards from India to China by concealing them in undergarments.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has intercepted a Chinese national in West Bengal's Malda district.
The BJP has emerged as the ruling TMC's main rival in West Bengal. BJP leaders are upbeat that the party will end Mamata Banerjee's 10-year rule in the assembly polls but the question is Will muslim voters of Greater Malda vote for BJP? watch ground report.
Minister of State (MoS) for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya said that the price of fertilizers will not increase.
After the bjp released names for 148 seats on Wednesday party cadres Unhappy with ticket distribution ransack party office in Malda.
Watch India TV's exclusive report from Malda in West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lambasted his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee for allegedly pursuing appeasement politics and endangering national security by allowing illegal immigrants into the state for vote bank politics.
Six people were rescued and two others went missing after a vessel carrying eight trucks capsized in Ganga river in Malda district of West Bengal on night of November 23.
Commenting on the incident, a police official said, "Four factory workers were killed and four others critically injured in the explosion that ripped the establishment apart."
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