West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
With the fresh chargesheet, the total number of accused charge-sheeted in the case so far are seven. Five accused persons were named in the original chargesheet filed in April this year.
Ahead of the Panchayat elections, scheduled to be held on July 8, the state witnessed continuous clashes in various parts of the state, including a violent incident at the Block Development Office in Birbhum's Ahmadpur, where crude bombs were reportedly thrown.
Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested a man for allegedly possessing arms and ammunition, under the Siuri police station in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, said the police.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday urged people to give 35 seats out of 42 in West Bengal to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
"Mamata didi, you might be dreaming that your nephew will become the Chief Minister after you. From here in Birbhum, I say that the next Chief Minister is going to be from BJP. The trailer has to be shown in 2024 [general elections]. By helping us to win 35 seats in the State, Modi ji has
Union Minister Amit Shah will visit West Bengal on April 14 and 15 as part of ongoing preparations for Lok Sabha elections 2024. He is slated to address a public rally in Birbhum and hold meetings.
TMC's Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal, a close aide of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, was earlier arrested by the CBI in connection with the same case last year.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned the Inspector-in-Charge (IC) of Birbhum's Suri police station Mohammad Ali in Kolkata on Tuesday in connection with the alleged coal scam probe.