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Bengal Police CID Detains Bangladeshi National In Trinamool Minister Bomb Attack Case
The West Bengal CID on Wednesday detained a Bangladeshi national in connection with the blast in Murshidabad in which a TMC minister & over 20 were injured
The West Bengal CID on Wednesday detained a Bangladeshi national in connection with the blast in Murshidabad s Nimtita Railway Station in which state minister Jakir Hossain and over 20 others were injured.
Hossain, Trinamool Congress MLA and the minister of state for labour, was waiting at platform number 2 to catch a train to Kolkata around 10 pm on February 17 when the blast occurred, seriously injuring him and the others. We have detained one person and investigation is underway, news agency PTI quoted a senior CID official as saying. Hossain and the other injured persons are undergoing treatment at a state-run hospital in the city.
Attack on West Bengal minister result of political rivalry involving TMC, says railway officials
Attack on West Bengal minister result of political rivalry involving TMC, says railway officials
The attack on West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain was prima facie the result of a political feud involving the ruling TMC, railway officials said on Thursday.
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UPDATED: February 19, 2021 09:06 IST
West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain was seriously injured in a crude bomb attack in Murshidabad district on Wednesday. (Screenshot from a video)
A day after
West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain was attacked with a crude bomb, railway officials said on Thursday that the attack, prima facie, appears to be the result of a political feud involving the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Banerjee, who went to the SSKM hospital to inquire after his condition following Wednesday s incident, slammed the railways for its "lack lusture" way of functioning.