Uniindia: Kolkata, Sep 4 (UNI) The CBI, probing the chit funds scams, on Sunday launched raids at multiple areas at the houses and office of TMC MLA Subodh Adhikary at Halisahar, and Kolkata and a municipal chairman house Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas, official sources said.
A BJP worker was found dead with multiple injuries in East Burdwan’s Purbasthali on Sunday, within 24 hours of another allegedly lynched in Halisahar, North 24-Parganas.
The body of Sukhdeb Pramanik, 33, was found in a pond. The BJP linked his death with his presence at a rally on December 10 to condemn the attack on J.P. Nadda’s convoy.
BJP’s Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya accused Mamata Banerjee of “trying to retain power only through violence” and said he would appeal to the Election Commission to deploy central forces now.
Trinamul dismissed the allegations.
Early on Sunday, police also arrested three Trinamul workers in connection with the murder of Halisahar’s BJP booth-committee head Saikat Bhawal on Saturday. Saikat had been lynched during a BJP outreach event near his home. Suman Saha, Sudipta Ghosh and Somnath Ganguly (a.k.a. Kelta) were arrested based on a complaint filed by Saikat’s brother Sagar with Bijpur police.