POST-POLL VIOLENCE: CBI arrests 11, including 4 BJP cadres

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) early on Sunday arrested four BJP workers in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress worker Shahinoor Ahmed at Tufanganj in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal.

Notably, this is the first arrest of any BJP worker after the Calcutta High Court on August 19 ordered the CBI to probe the post-poll violence. A total of 11 persons were arrested by the CBI on Sunday.

The session court at Tufanganj has sentenced 14-day judicial custody to the four accused persons.

According to sources, the CBI prayed for police custody of the accused persons, but it could not produce a case diary substantiating the prayer. Notably, on May 4, Ahmed’s body was near a bush at Kilakhana area in Tufanganj.

Chandra Bose for mobile museum on Netaji, writes to PM

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to convert 4 coaches of a train into a mobile museum containing various information about Netaji. Claiming this should be done as a part of 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Chandra claimed he had also written a letter to the Railway Minister in August but is yet to receive a response.

BJP starts campaigning at Bhawanipore

BJP’s Bhawanipore candidate Priyanka Tibrewal started her poll campaign with state party unit chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday.

BJP leaders, including the candidate, were seen interacting with residents who were out for morning walk and later taking part in BJP’s ‘Chai pe Charcha’, Priyanka said she was born in Bhawanipore and was hopeful of winning the seat. Even as the TMC is concentrating on non-Bengali speaking voters, Priyanka said BJP is focusing on each and every ward and the BJP doesn’t believe in ‘discrimination’.