After an operation of over three hours, the cops recovered 20,000 pieces of detonators, 24,000 pieces of gelatin sticks and 700 kg of ammonium nitrate from the locked building
A police source hinted that an international racket involved in smuggling human hair was behind Than's abduction. The kidnap could have happened over a dispute over money
Victim Pannacara Than's friend Kovida, also from Myanmar and an eyewitness to the abduction episode, lodged a complaint with the varsity registrar that was later forwarded to the police
A group of villagers in Deganga in North 24-Parganas accused the central forces of firing without provocation during the fifth phase of election on Saturday, a week after the April 10 Sitalkuchi firing by the CISF that had left four voters dead.
A police inquiry later failed to establish Saturday’s alleged firing by the forces.
However, residents of Karalgachha village in Deganga Assembly seat pointed to a hole on the ground, which they said was made when a jawan fired on the ground.
“We were sitting in front of a camp of Sanjukta Morcha-backed ISF candidate Karim Ali. A group of jawans suddenly got out of a car and started chasing us with batons. We started fleeing.I saw a jawan firing on the ground. We ran over the paddy field to save our lives,” Sheikh Sariful, a 35-year-old supporter of the ISF said.
Villagers claim of firing in Deganga polling booth baseless: Bengal Police
The villagers had alleged that the CRPF personnel deployed at booth number 215 at Kurulgachcha in Deganga in North 24 Parganas during the fifth phase of polling had fired at a crowd outside.
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People stand in a queue to cast their vote at a polling station during the 5th phase of State Assembly elections at Santipur, in Nadia, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
DEGANGA: The North 24 Parganas police has in its inquiry report dismissed allegations made by villagers of Deganga about firing by CRPF personnel at a booth at Kurulgachha during polling on Saturday.