In West Bengal’s Bhangar, TMC leader Rajjak Khan was brutally killed by unknown assailants. MLA Saukat Mollah blames the ISF, while the party denies involvement. On the same night, another TMC worker, Abdul Kalam Azad, was stabbed to death in Malda following a party dispute. Police investigations are ongoing.
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In a shocking incident in West Bengal on Thursday, a 38-year-old Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in the South 24 Parganas district, police officials said on Friday.
The shocking incident occurred in the Bhangar area on Thursday night. As reported by PTI, the incident took place when Rajjak Khan, a close aide of TMC's Canning Purba MLA Saukat Mollah, was shot at by a few gunmen, a senior officer said.
The senior police officer, while addressing the incident, said that “no one has so far been arrested in the killing of the TMC functionary,” as per news agency PTI.
“The incident took place when Khan, the TMC's Chaltaberia unit president, was returning home after attending a party meeting there,” the officer added.
The Kashipur police officer also highlighted that "an initial probe revealed that three bullets hit the deceased. The assailants also stabbed him multiple times to ensure his death."
“A police team has been deployed in the locality, and the body has been sent for post-mortem examination,” he said, as per PTI.
Reports say that the West Bengal MLA, Saukat Mollah, is allegedly blaming the Indian Secular Front (ISF) for the murder of his close aide Rajjak Khan.
TMC MLA Saukat asserted that "Rajjak was returning home after attending two party meetings. He was shot at and then stabbed multiple times. Those who are losing ground in Bhangar are behind this murder.
Criminals, who had been given shelter by the ISF, killed Rajjak. They are losing political relevance every day, and that is why they have resorted to such criminal activities," as per PTI.
Denying ISF's hand in the murder at Bhangar, party MLA Nawsad Siddique said, "We condemn the killing and request the state administration to launch a fair probe."
The opposition party MLA also accused TMC MLA Saukat Mollah of doing politics over the incident and hinted at a factional feud within the Trinamool Congress.
In another incident in the English Bazar area of Malda district, a TMC activist, Abdul Kalam Azad, was also stabbed to death following arguments at a birthday party on Thursday night, police said.
As per the reports, Azad and three others were attacked with sharp weapons at a birthday party in the house of one Jalauddin Momin during an argument.
While Azad, a TMC activist, was declared dead at Malda Medical College and Hospital, three others—Atimul Momin, Dilbar Momin, and Siuli Khatun—have reportedly sustained injuries.
The police said that “Main accused Mainul Sheikh, who allegedly intruded into the birthday party along with his accomplices and attacked Azad, was detained later on while a hunt is on for six others,” as per PTI.
Personal enmity due to a love affair and a land dispute were stated to be the twin reasons behind the killing, police said, adding that prima facie the killing did not have a political motive.
(With PTI Inputs)
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