Locals overcome Maoist fear to attend tmc rally

Nov 02, 2011 |

Age Correspondent

Kolkata

That Mamata Banerjee is determined to fight the Maoists politically also became evident on Tuesday when the Trinamul Youth Congress organised a public rally at Belpahari which is considered the rebels’ den. Even an attempt to create an atmosphere of fear by engineering a landmine scare in Malavati jungles at Binpur failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the people who attended the rally in large numbers.
Throwing an open challenge to the Maoists, Trinamul Congress MP from Tamluk and Trinamul Youth Congress president Subhendu Adhikari said that he would keep on organising rallies in the areas dominated by the rebels. “If they have the guts then they should try to stop me. Let’s see how many bullets and landmines they have in their possession,” he added. He would lead a padyatra from Aguibani to Naghabohra area on November 12 and address a public rally at Rogra in Sankrail on November 18.
Mr Adhikari pledged to drive the Maoists out of Jangalmahal. He was echoed by Union minister of state for shipping Mukul Roy and Union minister of state for rural development Sisir Adhikari.

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Two arrested for murder of trinamul activist
Age correspondent
Kolkata, Nov. 1

Within two days of the Trinamul Youth Congress worker’s murder at a party office in Dum Dum cantonment area, two persons were arrested by the Dum Dum police on Tuesday for allegedly giving supari (contract) for the killing. Raju Goswami and Chandan Sarkar, the accused in their 30s, were picked up from Sodepur in North 24 Parganas in the morning. Superintendent of police (North 24 Parganas) Champak Bhattacharya confirmed of their arrest.
During interrogation by the police officers and detectives of criminal investigation department (CID), Raju and Chandan in fact revealed that they were themselves given a contract by Langra Shankar who had plotted the murder of Manoj Sahani from behind bars.

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