BJP office set on fire in West Bengal

Angry over arrest of Trinamool Congress leaders, the TMC party workers on Wednesday attacked and set on fire an office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal’s Hooghly district. The incident panicked BJP workers in the West Bengal. Senior BJP leaders are reportedly worried about the safety of party workers in West Bengal. The TMC workers are alleging misuse of CBI by BJP.

BJP office set on fire at Hoogly

According to News Agency ANI's reports, TMC workers set ablaze the BJP office during a rally in Chuchura. This was the second time in the last two days that the BJP’s office in the state was attacked by ruling party’s activists.

On Tuesday evening, the students’ wing of the TMC had attacked the BJP’s headquarters in to protest against the arrest of party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay by the CBI in connection with Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam.

Former Hooghly district BJP president Krishna Bhattacharya was also injured yesterday late night when a TMC worker allegedly hurled bomb at the leader’s house. At around 9.30 pm, TMC-led miscreants attacked Bhattacharya's house.

During the attack, the leader was allegedly beaten up by a group of people before ransacking her house. Bhattacharya was immediately rushed to hospital for medical relief.

Union minister Babul Supriyo also claimed that TMC workers tried to break open the gate of his apartment in Kolkata. “TMC goons trying to break open the gate of my apartment in Kailash Bose Street where my mother, father are staying. What a shame,” he tweeted along with a video.

A group of TMC activists staged a demonstration outside the CBI’s state headquarters at Kolkata to protest against the arrest of Sudip and Pal.

Sudip, TMC’s Parliamentary Party leader, was arrested by CBI in Kolkata on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in the Rose Valley Group's ponzi scam and brought to Bhubaneswar late last night. Earlier, CBI had arrested another TMC MP Tapas Pal on the same charge and kept him in remand for three days.

Senior BJP leaders are continuously monitoring the situation. A delegation of BJP state unit is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Rajnath Singh for security of the party workers in the state.