JournaBulletin- Local- Week 37

 

The State This Week

Top Local News this week

Seikh Saheb Ali, a newly elected TMC Panchayat member shot dead in Bashirhat

TMC member shot dead [Photo Courtesy: google/ The Statesman]

A TMC panchayat member recently elected in the panchayat elections was shot dead in Haroa, North 24 Parganas district’s Bashirhat subdivision. The incident happened at Samla Bazar of Khasbalanda gram panchayat, where he was elected from. The victim, Sheikh Saheb Ali, was returning to his home, and he was attacked there. Five to seven persons blocked his way before firing at him, resulting in 8 to 10 bullet injuries on his head, back and chest. He died on the spot. The police said that Ali’s family got this news around 12:30 am that his body was lying on the road. His family and the local people protested by keeping his body on the street in front of the police. The protest lasted for two hours. Later, the police removed the body from the protest ground and sent it for autopsy to Haroa rural hospital; later, they sent the body to Bashirhat district hospital.

 

 Former Army Officer Murders Wife and Daughter Before Taking Own Life on Railway Tracks

A tragic incident unfolded as a retired Army personnel brutally killed his wife and daughter before ending his life on Friday at Madhyamgram railway tracks. The shocking event happened in his flat in the Dumdum area, where he cut his 19-year-old daughter and 45-year-old wife's throat and jumped in front of a speeding railway track of Barasat- Sealdah division around 6:30 am.

Ex-Army Man kills his wife and children [Photo Courtesy: google/ ETV Bharat]

The bodies of retired army man Goutam Banerjee's wife Debaki and his daughter Disha, an undergraduate second-year student, were discovered in their bedroom when police broke down the door to the flat. The veins in the hands of the two were also cut. From the flat, officers seized many alcohol bottles and glasses. The police suspect that Banerjee killed his wife and daughter when intoxicated.

Banerjee had a mental disorder and was receiving counselling. This news is sending shockwaves through the community. Authorities are investigating thoroughly to uncover the details surrounding this disturbing case. Friends, family, and neighbours are in mourning as they struggle to accept the devastating loss of three lives.

Bengal by-poll: CPM and Congress agree on a candidate for the seat won by BJP previously

TMC will look to make sure no repeat of Sagardighi. It has a good existence in Rajbanshi dominated Dhupguri seat, and BJP only won closely in 2021. The CPIM-Congress link in West Bengal anticipates pulling off a Sagardighi again in the forthcoming by-poll for the Dhupgiri assembly seat in Jalpaiguri. Recently the Congress Sagardighi MLA defected to the TMC. In Dhupguri, the CPIM is fielding Ishwar Chandra Roy, and he will be encouraged by the Congress party.

The by-election will occur on 5th September, along with six other Assembly constituencies in five states.The vote counting will take place on 8th September. In the 2016 Assembly elections, the Dhupguri seat was won by the TMC's Mithali Roy with nearly 44 per cent of the votes. However, CPIM candidate Mamata Roy, also encouraged by the Congress party, got a praiseworthy 34.2 per cent of the votes.

Doctors save toddler's life after scissors pierce brain in Kolkata

Doctors at the Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research had conducted critical surgery. The Doctors saved the life of ten months and  two years old boy who had hurt himself in his brain near the left eye. Doctors said the boy was not in danger anymore; he was recovering.

 Shiekh Mikhail was playing in his house in Howrah on Friday night when the pair of scissors accidentally pierced into his brain near his eye. The boy was alone in his room, and his parents could not figure out how it happened. They ran with him to the nearest hospitals. The boy had a successful operation and is out of danger now. This incident has damaged his tissues and the Dura, which protects the brain. The Doctors saved his life. 

SUV strikes a bus in West Bengal's Nadia, killing two people and injuring three more

Tragedy struck as an accident claimed two lives and left three others injured. The incident occurred on 13th August 2023, when an SUV vehicle collided with a bus near NH 12 Fulia, Santipur, in Nadia district. The collision resulted in the immediate death of two individuals, while three others were heavily injured. The passenger in the SUV was travelling to Mayapur from Kolkata's Belghoria. 

Author:

Sudipta Bera

Tania Mukherjee

Editor:

Garima Dhanania