The fact-finding team is on a two-day visit to Bengal and comprises MPs Suresh Kasyap, Vinod Chavda, S Muniswamy and Manoj Rajoria.

The Chief Minister pointed out that before his party came to power in the state (2017), maintaining law and order was not a priority for the previous government, and thus, there was an atmosphere of lawlessness in the state.

Justice Sinha directed the DGP to conduct an enquiry to ascertain the allegation of the petitioners and submit a report to the court on August 3, the next date of the hearing.

The incident took place on September 21, 2021, at a branch of Muthoot Fincorp in Hooghly district’s Chandannagar.

At the rally Banerjee is likely to announce the party's roadmap for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held in May next year, party insiders said.

According to sources, discrepancies were found in the documents that the central agency had asked the Kolkata-based businessman to present before it on Monday.

According to the complainant, he was stopped by the boys in Rashbehari Avenue and assaulted when he refused to dance

“All the accused are in police custody and are being interrogated to find out if there is another motive behind the murder,” said a police officer.

The delegation went to Alipurduar and other districts and interacted with locals to assess the situation.

Only 14 seats went to BJP. Out of 223 gram panchayats in the district, 137 are under the control of the ruling party, while BJP has 61.

” TMC spokesperson Shantanu Sen said, “The person who is accused in the Saradha and Narada case and was seen on TV taking money, will he give evidence?

Derek and five others elected for full term, while Saket Gokhale won in bypoll

The TMC, however, refused to give much importance to the allegation.

Bhangar has been the epicentre of political clashes in the run-up to the panchayat elections.

In a Twitter post, Banerjee said that several people have been affected, properties damaged and roads disrupted by the recent heavy rainfall in north Bengal.

ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui however denied the allegation. "Our workers are not involved in any kind of violence. We demand a high-level probe," said Siddiqui.

Speaking to mediapersons outside Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, the BJP leader said, “Amit Shah ji is expected to visit West Bengal in August. The schedule has not been finalised.

The fact-finding team is in Bengal for the last three days and is visiting different areas to assess poll violence. The TMC has called the BJP's visit as an attempt to divert attention from its defeat.

The police, however, pointed out that Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in Bhangar in the wake of the recently concluded panchayat polls and accordingly, Siddiqui was urged not to visit the area.

During their interrogation, Kalu admitted that they were making bombs, it was claimed.

A four-member BJP fact-finding team, led by the former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, visited violence-hit areas of West Bengal on Wednesday.

The three-tier panchayat elections were conducted in a single phase on July 8.

Panchayat samiti results are yet to be declared.

Of the 132 seats that went to the polls, the TMC won 63, ISF 43, Jomi Jibika Bastutantra Poribesh Rokkha Committee 18, CPIM 7 while one was bagged by an independent candidate.