A 58-year-old man was allegedly crushed to demise by unknown miscreants in Siliguri on Thursday evening in a brawl over Rs 500, the police mentioned. Whereas his daughter tried to avoid wasting him, she additionally suffered severe accidents and was hospitalised, they mentioned.
No arrest has been made to date. Police power has been deployed within the space to cease additional stress within the space. An investigation has been launched by the New Jalpaiguri Police Station and search is on for the miscreants. The police, nevertheless claimed, nobody might be spared.
The incident came about at round 8.30 pm at ward quantity 35 of Siliguri Municipal Company. In accordance with native sources practically ten folks visited Mohammed Johuri’s home at Rajahuli space of Siliguri, and requested him to pay Rs 500. As Johuri refused to pay the quantity, the youth beat him till he fell on the bottom.
The lads additionally beat up his daughter, when she tried to avoid wasting her father. When the neighbours got here out of the home, the miscreants fled away. Johuri and his daughter have been rushed to a close-by hospital, the place medical doctors declared him lifeless. In the meantime, the Opposition claimed that these miscreants are near each Trinamool Congress in addition to the police.
Native BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh mentioned, “These criminals are on one hand protected by the TMC and surrounded by the police, as they perform such prison actions from the protected shelter of the police. The names of those that have been accused have had many complaints earlier than. Their names have been additionally related to the incident of the MLA of Dabgram. Because of this, naturally there’s going to be a scenario the place in a while it is going to be criminals versus folks.”
CPIM chief and former MLA of Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya mentioned, “Throughout TMC regime extortion has turn out to be a day by day incident. After this incident, folks may also concern to protest in opposition to extortion.”
Nevertheless, the Trinamool Congress has denied the allegations. “Such a reprehensible incident can’t be accepted in any method. Police are investigating the incident. It’s fascinating that the culprits be punished,” native Trinamool chief Jaydeep Nandi mentioned.
