Search I am (still) alive, says journalist declared dead by Bengal BJP Senior officers of Calcutta police said the matter had been brought to their notice and “legal action is being taken”
A Calcuttan now living in Noida woke up to frantic calls from family and friends on Thursday morning because the Bengal BJP had identified him as one of those killed in alleged post-poll violence some 1,300km away at a village in north Bengal.
After he shook himself out of disbelief, the 27-year-old journalist wrote on social media that he was “hale and hearty”.
A purported video showing violent scenes that the BJP claimed were from Bengal and the photograph of Abhro Banerjee identifying him as “Manik Moitra”, of Sitalkuchi village in Cooch Behar district was in circulation.