Fresh violence erupts in Kaliaganj, one dead
BJP has called for a 12-hour shutdown of north Bengal districts tomorrow.
BJP has called for a 12-hour shutdown of north Bengal districts tomorrow.
The accused were produced in the Siliguri additional judicial magistrate court, which sent them in four days' police remand today, sources said.
Rupak Bramha, 34, was critically injured when a bus hit him while on his way to Goa from Mumbai. He succumbed to his injuries at the MGM Navi Mumbai Hospital on 30 December 2010.
According to villagers like Raghab Sarkar, Aysin Ali and Rebati Das, children from the villages there go to schools across the river, while people there have to cross the river if they want to visit the health centre and Anganwadi centres. "While political leaders assure us of a bridge every election, post-elections, they forget everything. As such, we thought of collecting funds among ourselves and are providing villagers with a proper money receipt"
A housewife of around 40 years, who recently returned from Rajasthan, died after testing positive for Covid-19 at the Raiganj Medical College & Hospital.
Police also said that the accused had some grievances with his seniors, and that they were still interrogating him and trying to ascertain the actual motive behind the incident.
Political analysts, on the other hand, are apprehending a tough situation for the present TMC president, Goutam Das, as he tries to maintain a "balance of sorts" among the followers of Mitra, who has remained the president of the party in the district earlier.
RR Sharma, the DIG, BSF, North Bengal Frontier Headquarters at Kadamtala in Siliguri, said Mr Sutradhar was performing his first shift duty on the Indo-Bangladesh border, when he fired two rounds in the air from his service rifle.
Residents of Kharasrata village, Keshab Mandal and Rakesh Basak, said the Sui river has gobbled up around 100 houses in the village in the past two decades.
The body was handed over to the family members this afternoon.
