Congress KMC poll candidate stripped assaulted TMC denies charge
Kolkata Dec 20 PTI The Congress on Monday alleged that a party candidate for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC election was stripped down to his underwear and beaten up by TMC supporters in the northern part of the cityA video of the incident which took place on Sunday night hours after the polling ended has gone viral on social mediaA TMC leader denied that its supporters were involved in itRabi Saha the Congress candidate for the KMC ward no 16 went out to buy some goods when he was surrounded by a few men who started abusing him for contesting the pollsIn the complaint lodged with the police Saha said when he protested he was stripped down to his underwear and severely beaten up He was later admitted to a state-run hospitalState Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury condemned the incidentDidicracy in Bengal manifests its uncouth face where a Congress candidate is being stripped off and beaten black and blue in the full glare of public as he dared to contest the KMCElection2021 he tweetedWest Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is addressed as Didi by his followersA senior TMC leader who did not wish to be named claimed that none of the party workers was involved in the incidentThe police will investigate the matter and bring out the truth he saidPolice said they have started an investigation and the culprits will be nabbed soonSporadic incidents of violence including hurling of crude bombs at two booths marred the KMC elections Votes will be counted on Tuesday PTI PNT NN NN
Kolkata Dec 20 PTI The Congress on Monday alleged that a party candidate for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC election was stripped down to his underwear and beaten up by TMC supporters in the northern part of the cityA video of the incident which took place on Sunday night hours after the polling ended has gone viral on social mediaA TMC leader denied that its supporters were involved in itRabi Saha the Congress candidate for the KMC ward no 16 went out to buy some goods when he was surrounded by a few men who started abusing him for contesting the pollsIn the complaint lodged with the police Saha said when he protested he was stripped down to his underwear and severely beaten up He was later admitted to a state-run hospitalState Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury condemned the incidentDidicracy in Bengal manifests its uncouth face where a Congress candidate is being stripped off and beaten black and blue in the full glare of public as he dared to contest the KMCElection2021 he tweetedWest Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is addressed as Didi by his followersA senior TMC leader who did not wish to be named claimed that none of the party workers was involved in the incidentThe police will investigate the matter and bring out the truth he saidPolice said they have started an investigation and the culprits will be nabbed soonSporadic incidents of violence including hurling of crude bombs at two booths marred the KMC elections Votes will be counted on Tuesday PTI PNT NN NN
