85-year-old mother of BJP worker allegedly beaten up by TMC supporters dies; pain will haunt Mamata, says Amit Shah

After the news of her death spread, BJP supporters gathered outside the local police station and demanded action against the accused.

Condoling the death of the octogenarian, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the pain of her family would haunt Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Shah tweeted, “Anguished over the demise of Bengal’s daughter Shova Majumdar ji, who was brutally beaten by TMC goons. The pain & wounds of her family will haunt Mamata didi for long. Bengal will fight for a violence-free tomorrow, Bengal will fight for a safer state for our sisters & mothers.”

BJP National President JP Nadda also tweeted about the incident. He wrote, “I wish peace to Nimta’s old mother Shobha Majumdar’s soul. She had to sacrifice her life for her son Gopal Majumdar being in BJP. BJP will always remember her sacrifice. She was Bengal’s ‘mother’ as well as its ‘daughter’. BJP will always fight for the safety of Bengal’s mothers and daughters.”

Reacting to Shah’s tweet, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at a political gathering at Thakurchowk in Nandigram, said, “Today Shah tweeted (on the incident). I don’t know how she died. I condemn all deaths. We don’t support violence against women. Amit Shah tweets and says, ‘Bengal ka kya haal hai.’ But what is the condition of UP and Hathras in particular? Shah is always silent on these issues whenever he goes to Uttar Pradesh or other states where BJP is in power.”

Gopal Majumdar, in his complaint to police on February 27, had alleged that around 1 am, some people had broken down the door of their one-room home. They had reportedly abused him and asked him, “Tui ki BJP korish?” (Are you a BJP worker?)

In response, Gopal had retorted, “Tora to Trinamool korish, aparadh-ta kothaye? (You guys work for the Trinamool, so what’s the problem?)”. Majumdar alleged that the men had attacked him after this, injuring him in his head and face, and leaving him “wounded and bloodied”.

The men reportedly attacked his mother as well. Soon after the incident, photographs of Subha Majumdar, with her face and eyes heavily swollen, went viral on social media on February 28, triggering a blame game between BJP and TMC.

Police filed a chargesheet against five people in connection with the incident. They had been booked under IPC sections relating to causing grievous hurt, trespass and wrongful confinement. All of them had surrendered to the police and got bail later.