Major row broke out after the death of the Trinamool leader as several houses of CPI-M supporters in the adjoining villages were set ablaze and ransacked on Monday, in retaliation of the Trinamool leaders death, people in the know said. Many CPI-M workers had become homeless following the incident.
In a significant development, two primary suspects, Anisur Laskar and Kamaluddin, have been remanded to an 11-day police custody on Friday in connection with the murder of Trinamool leader Saifuddin Laskar in Joynagar, South 24 Parganas district, on Monday. The arrests follow an incident where another individual was allegedly lynched in retaliation for the murder of the Trinamool Panchayat leader.
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A fight broke out over a ballot box at a public meeting in Coochbehar soon after Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee left the venue.