The BJP has alleged ‘political vendetta’ by the ruling TrinamoolCongress after its Member of Parliament from Ranaghat Jagannath Sarkar was subjected to 4-hour grilling by the State Crime Investigation Department late on Saturday evening. He was questioned in connection to the murder of a TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas.
“This is nothing but political score settling by the TMC which is known for its vindictive politics,” Sarkar said adding he would keep on coming to the police station when
called upon to do so by the police.
“I have supreme faith in the judiciary. I have been asked to cooperate with the
police in investigation and I will keep cooperating with them. I will keep coming to here as many times I am called upon to do so,” the
Ranaghat MP said adding “the end of the TMC regime was very much in the vision which is why they are trying to malign the political opponents to gain political mileage out of that.”
Sarkar’s name figured among 43 other accused persons in the MLA murder case. Biswas the local strongman and TMC MLA from Krishnaganj Assembly seat in Nadia district was bumped off in February last year.
Another prominent person whose name figured in the list of accused is senior BJP leader Mukul Roy.
While the BJP claimed that the murder was the fallout of an infighting in the TMC the ruling outfit said the murder was the part of a saffron conspiracy as Biswas an influential leader was being readied by his party to contest the April-May 2019 parliamentary elections.
The MLA was shot dead even as he was attending a cultural programme last year. Sarkar enjoys a judicial shield against arrest as a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has barred the police from arresting him till February 28 asking him to report to the police whenever called upon to do so. He was questioned at the State CID headquarters at Bhavani Bhavan in Kolkata.