India, July 2 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named a legislator and two civic councillors of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the agency's second supplementary chargesheet in the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker during post-poll clashes in 2021.

This is the first time the agency has named TMC leaders in the case. A senior CBI official said that Paresh Paul, TMC MLA from Beleghata in Kolkata, Swapan Samaddar, councillor of ward number 56 and Papiya Ghosh, councillor of ward 30 in Kolkata were named in the supplementary chargesheet.

"CBI has filed second supplementary chargesheet in Abhijit Sarkar's murder case against 18 additional accused persons, including one MLA and two councillors before the additiona...