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Minakhan MLA Usharani Mondal. (Photo: X/ @Usharanimondal1)
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Minakhan, Usharani Mondal, and her hubby were “beaten up” allegedly by a radical of her ain enactment workers connected Thursday, starring to hostility successful the area, constabulary said connected Friday.
According to a ailment filed by Mondal astatine the Haroa constabulary presumption successful North 24 Parganas, she and her hubby Mrityunjay Mondal were returning from a Kali Puja lawsuit erstwhile a radical of astir 30 people, allegedly led by a section TMC leader, Khalek Molla, intercepted her convoy. Molla, however, denied the allegations.
“I was dragged retired of the car and assaulted with a rod, resulting successful a limb injury. Several of my enactment workers were besides injured and are undergoing treatment,” she told the police. The MLA claimed that her hubby was besides allegedly forced to measurement retired of the car and beaten up.
Her husband, Mrityunjay Mondal, told mediapersons, “We were ambushed by Khalek Molla’s group, adjacent the Haroa auto-rickshaw stand. They pelted our car with bricks and attacked america with rods. Our boys were pursuing america connected motorcycles. At slightest 10-12 radical were injured successful the incident.”
Addressing mediapersons connected Friday, Molla denied each the allegations and claimed that Mondal “instigated” unit astatine the clip of the incident. He claimed that she had brought “armed goons” to onslaught section TMC leaders and those persons had opened occurrence astatine the spot. Molla, however, is yet to record a constabulary complaint.
“The enactment mislaid successful Usharani Mondal’s ain booth country successful the Lok Sabha elections and she is present resorting to specified tactics to summation governmental mileage,” helium alleged. “She has adjacent ties with the BJP and has been sidelined by the enactment (TMC). This is simply a hopeless effort to tarnish our image,” added Molla.
Molla alleged, “Armed goons brought by Mondal attacked our panchayat pradhan Mallika Mondal and her supporters. Shots were fired. The MLA is cornered. She did not be a gathering convened by the Chief Minister. Following this, they person been targeting our panchayat pradhan.”
Panchayat pradhan Mallika Mondal claimed to mediapersons, “Several rounds were fired. They vandalised my house, broke unfastened the doors.”
The constabulary said they would look into these allegations if a ceremonial ailment is received.
BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said connected Friday, “This incidental has nary transportation with the coming bypolls. It’s a combat betwixt 2 groups wrong the TMC implicit looting wealth meant for the communal public.”
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