According to the complainants, the activist and the other two women were returning home after having dinner at a restaurant when the accused misbehaved with them.

The Trinamool Congress also alleged that the BJP was pursuing an agenda of pseudo-nationalism and carrying out fascist attack on grassroots workers of the society.

Dhankhar said the scheme was fully funded by the Centre and there was no rationale behind denying its benefits to farmers.

According to the National Investigation Agency, al-Qaeda has been trying to gain a foothold among Bengali labourers in Kerala, just like the JMB.

The state health department said in 24 hours 45,447 tests were conducted. The test positivity ratio fell marginally to 8.04 per cent.

However, the release of 2,993 patients pushed up the state’s recovery rate to 86.96 per cent. Overall, 1,93,014 people have recovered from the disease. Amongst the 10 states with the most cases, only Bihar and Tamil Nadu have better discharge rates.

"...The narration contained in your tweet is false to your knowledge, fake and distorted with the intent to instigate the supporters of my client and that of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, against my client,” the notice said.

CPI(M) councillor Sudip Roy and his team help hospitalise people who have contracted the virus, and conduct the cremation of patients who succumb to the disease. They also support patients’ families by supplying them ration and other essential items.

“State has become home to illegal bomb making that has potential to unsettle democracy. Police @MamataOfficial busy in carrying out political errands and taking on the opposition. Those at helm @WBPolice cannot escape their accountability for this alarming decline of law and order," Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted.

Prior to the development, BJP Ranaghat MP Jagannath Sarkar had been already been questioned several times by the agency after his name allegedly emerged during the investigation. Sources said according to police, the MP had spoken to Biswas several times before the murder.

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said, “Two of our workers have been killed in the last 24 hours. This has become the culture in the state. Here BJP workers are targeted by the TMC. Either they are jailed or killed.”

“The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) under the guidance and inspiration of party chief Mamata Banerjee is pleased to appoint Dinesh Trivedi as the chairman and Vivek Gupta as the president of the West Bengal Trinamool Congress Hindi Cell,” said a statement released by the party.

Apparently hitting out at the BJP-led government at the Centre, Banerjee, who has been one of its most stringent critics, said those involved in "movements (against NPR, NRC) have been targeted (by the ruling party)".

The Trinamool Congress chief also announced the formation of a Dalit Sahitya Academy, which will be headed by writer Manoranjan Byapari, and reconstituted the existing Hindi Academy.

In good news for health authorities, the decline in average weekly infection growth rate continued. It fell to 1.73 per cent, with 21,920 cases getting added during the week.

“Till 7.58 pm, the passenger count was 1,648 and Rs 68,660 were the earnings,” said Metro Chief Public Relations Officer Indrani Banerjee. The highest footfall, 300 passengers, was at Dum Dum station.

BJP claimed that the deceased, identified as Ganesh Rai, was murdered, and accused the TMC of targeting its workers. In response, a ruling party leader said BJP workers were killing themselves because of “depression” caused by their party’s anti-people policies.

Candidates who appeared for the exam maintained social distancing norms while entering inside exam centres. Entry to centres began at 11 am while the test began at 2 pm.

According to state BJP Minority Morcha president Ali Hossain, a large number of educated and intellectual persons from the minority community have joined the party recently.

The attackers were allegedly angry with the police for detaining four TMC workers the day before after a clash with the BJP at Chhoto Mollakhali in Gosaba block, and demanded their immediate release.

In 24 hours, a record 47,131 tests were conducted. The test positivity rate, however, declined to 8.23 per cent. At the start of the month, this figure was 8.58 per cent.

A bulk of the new cases, 53 per cent, and 45 deaths were recorded in the South Bengal epicentre consisting of Kolkata, South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, and Hooghly.

According to sources, the inquiry was initiated after Roy’s family registered a complaint. The family accused the officials of beating up Roy to death.

This was the first time complete curbs were put in place this month. Similar statewide restrictions will be in place on September 11 and 12.