Sandeshkhali case witness hurt, son dead in accident
Kolkata, Dec. 11 -- A key witness in a case against suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, was injured and his son and driver were killed when a truck hit their car on Basanti highway near Boyermari in North 24 Parganas while they were on their way to court on Wednesday morning, people aware of the developments said.
The witness, Bholanath Ghosh was initially rushed to a rural hospital in Minakhan and later shifted to a private hospital in Kolkata . His younger son Satyajit Ghosh and the driver Sahanur Mollah were killed. The driver of the truck is absconding.
"A case has been registered. Investigation is going on," said an officer of Nazat police station.
Ghosh is a key witness in the case in which officials of the ED were attacked by a mob when they went to search Shahjahan's house on January 5, 2024. At least three ED officials were injured and their vehicles damaged in the attack. In February 2024 protests erupted in Sandeshkhali with villagers, mostly women, demanding the arrest of Shahjahan and his aides over allegations of land grabbing and sexual assault....
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