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BJP leader murder in 2021: 1 of 5 accused nabbed

More than four years after the brutal killing of BJP Kankurgachi leader Abhijit Sarkar during the post-poll violence that rocked West Bengal, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested one of the key accused, Arun De, from North 24-Parganas district.

Suvendu defends Malda Rath Yatra route

West Bengal's annual Rath Yatra festival has become the latest flashpoint in the state's deepening political divide, as Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) government, accusing it of religious discrimination and political interference in long-standing Hindu traditions.