CM orders probe after family alleges eye theft at Barasat hospital
Tension flared up in Barasat on Tuesday after the family of a 34-year-old accident victim alleged that his eyes had been removed at Barasat Medical College and Hospital.
Tension flared up in Barasat on Tuesday after the family of a 34-year-old accident victim alleged that his eyes had been removed at Barasat Medical College and Hospital.
A year ago, in July, a couple’s only daughter had committed suicide. Fifteen days before the anniversary of their daughter's death, the decomposed bodies of her parents were recovered.
The visit is strategically timed ahead of International Women's Day and Modi will deliver a keynote address at a women's rally at Barasat, emphasizing women's empowerment and Sandeshkali issues will be highlighted.
The West Bengal Transport Corporation, earlier this month, has awarded a work order to Tata Motors for deployment of 1180 electric buses,
The group of protesters also staged a rail blockade by setting fire on the railway tracks near Kazipara Railway Station in Barasat.
Later, Trinamul Rajya Sabha MP and party’s national spokersperson Derek O’Brien and Barasat MP Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar after meeting the officers at Election Commission said, “We have asked the Election Commission to deploy more forces in Egra, Contai (north), Contai (south), Patashpur, and Khejuri as local sources have already intimated local state police that outsiders especially from Uttar Pradesh and other states are being mobilised in these constituencies by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to foil free and fair poll.”
The UP CM was referring to the West Bengal government’s decision to change the timing of Durga Puja idol immersion to avoid a clash with Muharram processions on the streets.
TMC's Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, on the other hand, accused the BJP of distributing money and also complained to the police against saffron party leaders.
