A TMC (Trinamool Congress) leader was shot dead in Joynagar area of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday morning. Enraged by the murder of their leader, the mob beat an alleged attacker to death. Police said that Trinamool Congress area president Saifuddin Laskar (47) of Bamungachi area in Joynagar was shot dead by some miscreants when he had gone out for morning prayers. After being shot, Saifuddin Laskar was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
According to the report of news agency PTI, after the incident, supporters of Saifuddin Laskar caught one of the alleged attackers and beat him to death. Police reached the spot, rescued another alleged attacker and arrested him. Laskar's wife is the Panchayat head. After the incident, a large number of police forces have been deployed in the area. Local MLA Vishwanath Das claimed that goons supported by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and BJP were behind the murder.
Demolition and arson of houses after murder
Eyewitnesses and police said that after the incident, several houses in the neighboring Daluakhali village were vandalized, looted and set on fire. Some of the affected people of Daluakhali claimed that their houses were targeted and many of them were attacked because they are CPI(M) supporters. They also claimed that their houses were set on fire in the presence of police and fire tenders were prevented from extinguishing the fire.
CPI(M) has nothing to do with this incident – Sujan Chakraborty
CPI(M) Central Committee member Sujan Chakraborty said, “This incident is reminiscent of the Bogatui massacre. “At least 10 people were killed in arson and violence following the murder of local Trinamool leader Bhadu Shaikh in Bogtui in Birbhum district in March 2022.” Sujan Chakraborty said that every death is unfortunate. The police should conduct a proper investigation to catch the killers and expose the conspiracy. He said that the murder of Saifuddin Laskar is the result of internal discord within the Trinamool Congress. There is no point in blaming CPI(M).
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