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West Bengal: Cops arrest TMC leader for carrying firearm during filing of nomination papers

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Published : Jun 10, 2023, 10:22 PM IST

TMC leader Bashir Mollah was arrested by the West Bengal police on Saturday for possessing a pistol. The firearm was recovered during the filing of nomination papers for the upcoming panchayat election polls in the state.

TMC leader was held by the cops in Murshidabad
TMC leader was held by the cops in Murshidabad

Kolkata: A day after Congress leader Phulchand Sheikh was shot dead in front of his house in the Khargram area of West Bengal, Murshidabad witnessed uproarious scenes on Saturday during the filing of nomination papers for the upcoming panchayat polls. The state will go to panchayat polls on July 8.

The police also recovered a firearm from the possession of the Trinamool Congress zonal president. The opposition leaders raised questions about how the Trinamool leader was openly walking on the streets with a pistol tucked in his waist. On the other hand, violent clashes took place between the supporters of the Left Front and Trinamool in different parts of the state. The disturbances in the state continued for the second day as well.

The Left Front and Trinamool supporters were involved in a brawl in the Domkal area of Murshidabad district during the filing of nomination papers. The police recovered the pistol from the waist of Bashir Mollah, who is the Trinamool's zonal president of Saharanpur. In a video, a policeman was also seen taking out the firearm from the Trinamool leader's waist which went viral on social media.

BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar attacked the Trinamool over the incident. "If such an incident was happening during the nomination phase, then what would be the scene on election day," said Majumdar. Murshidabad hogged the headlines on the first day of filing of nomination papers when Congress leader Phulchand Sheikh was killed in front of his house in Khagram.

"TMC leader was arrested in Murshidabad's Domkal after a pistol was recovered from him. Looks like TMC is fully prepared to disturb the peace in the state and use Gundagardi in the #PanchayatElection," stated Majumdar on his Twitter handle. He also tagged a video of the incident.

  • মনোনয়ন পর্বেই এমন ভয়াবহ ঘটনা ঘটলে নির্বাচনের দিনে কি ঘটতে চলেছে ব্যর্থ মুখ্যমন্ত্রী @mamataofficial? মুর্শিদাবাদে পকেটে পিস্তল নিয়ে প্রকাশ্যে ঘুরে বেড়াচ্ছেন তৃণমূল নেতা। এরপরেও আপনি আর আপনার আজ্ঞাবহ নির্বাচন কমিশনার বলবেন কেন্দ্রীয় বাহিনীর প্রয়োজন নেই? pic.twitter.com/7eaSkNYdRr

    — Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) June 10, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Miscreants fired five rounds at Congress leader Phulchand Sheikh. The injured Congress leader was rushed to a hospital in Murshidabad where he was declared dead.

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