Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress councillor of Dhuliyan municipality in Murshidabad district has been arrested on charges of corruption worth lakhs of rupees in the PM Awas Yojana. The Trinamool Congress councillor is accused of taking Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 from people by promising to provide houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. However, it is alleged that no one received the money for the house under the housing scheme.The accused, Sarif Sheikh alias Haddi, was arrested on…
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Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Officers of Sagardighi Police Station in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district seized a large quantity of firearms, cartridges and magazines from the house of a Trinamool Congress leader, police said on Monday.The Trinamool Congress leader allegedly escaped by scaling a boundary wall soon after the police raid began on Sunday night. However, police arrested two persons in connection with the incident.Police are investigating why such a large quantity of firearms and ammunitio…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) The family members of Hargobindo Das and his son Chandan Das, the father and the son killed in Murshidabad riots in April this year, will approach the Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for the 13 convicts in the case who were sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by the Jangipur sub-divisional court in the same district of West Bengal. The decision was taken by the family members of the deceased father and son after they had a meeting with the Leader of the Opp…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) The Jangipur Sub-Divisional court in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Tuesday, sentenced 13 individuals convicted for the murder of Hargobindo Das and his son Chandan Das in April during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The Sub-Divisional Court Judge Amitabha Mukhopadhyay had convicted 13 individuals on Monday.The quantum of punishment was pronounced on Tuesday, with the entire court premises wrapped in a thick security blanket.The deceased father and son …