Bengal Guv to Visit House of Slain TMC Worker

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose returned from his tour of the northern districts on Monday morning and reached Basanti in South 24 Parganas, the place a TMC employee was shot useless in spiraling pre-poll violence within the state, an official stated.

Bose visited Phulmalancha space in Basanti block the place he’ll meet the bereaved household and in addition take inventory of the state of affairs, the official informed PTI.

The governor had spoken to the members of the family of the slain TMC employee on Sunday night time from the practice he was travelling in, he stated. Bose’s return to Kolkata was rearranged from flight to coach to allow him to contact higher with the folks as his cell phone must be switched off on the flight, the official stated.

“The governor doesn’t need to be indifferent from the folks and therefore he determined to cancel his air journey and reschedule it on practice so that individuals can name him up and lodge their complaints,” he stated.

The TMC employee, recognized as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, was shot useless in late on Saturday night time when he was returning dwelling from Canning city, a police officer stated.

The deceased’s daughter Manwara, who’s a TMC candidate from Kathalberia gram panchayat, has alleged that her father had been receiving life threats from a rival faction.

The governor had earlier visited ballot violence-hit areas in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district, and Canning and Bhangar in South 24 Parganas.

Round 5.67 crore persons are eligible to forged their votes within the three-tier panchayat elections within the state on July 8 for practically 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats.

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