Kolkata, September 22
Dhurjoti Saha, the BJP candidate from Magrahat Poschim assembly seat in South 24 Parganas district who lost the April-May poll and was allegedly assaulted by TMC workers, died on Wednesday at a city hospital after being under treatment since the first week of May, the party and family members said.
Saha’s wife and son have demanded CBI enquiry into the incident alleging that he had received serious head injuries in an assault by TMC workers on the day of the counting of votes on May 2.
Local TMC MLA Giasuddin Mollah said he does not know who assaulted Saha as he was inside the counting centre at that time.
BJP MP Arjun Singh, who visited the hospital after Saha’s death, said: “He was beaten up by the henchmen of local TMC MLA after counting trends showed he (Saha) was trailing. He had to be admitted to the hospital the next day”.
Singh told newsmen that he was beaten up by the henchmen of the local TMC MLA after counting trends showed he was trailing and had to be rushed to hospital the next day.
Claiming that this was another instance of post-poll atrocities by TMC against its political opponents, Singh said BJP will soon take up the issue with National Human Rights Commission.
Calcutta High Court had accepted the recommendations of an NHRC panel and on August 19 ordered a CBI probe into all alleged cases of heinous crimes like rape and murder that took place in West Bengal after the assembly poll.
