1 more held over Kaliganj girl's death; victim's mom refuses money from TMC MLA
Kolkata: One more person was arrested on Wednesday over the death of a nine-year-old girl in Kaliganj on June 23. This is the fifth arrest in the case, whereas the FIR names 24 people.
Forensic experts collected samples from the crime scene at Malandi village where Tamanna Khatun was killed in a bomb blast during a political procession following Trinamool Congress's victory in the Kaliganj bypolls. Police said the forensic team collected some "white substance", "hair clips stained with blood", and some other articles. These will be sent for chemical examinations.
Meanwhile, Tamanna's mother, Sabina Yasmin, refused to accept the money offered by TMC's Debra MLA Humayun Kabir and set a 24-hour deadline for the police to nab all the culprits.
Yasmin later alleged that the MLA attempted to give her money in a closed envelope in an attempt to silence her. Kabir told reporters that he was in Kaliganj not as a politician but as a human being. "I think everyone should raise their voice against such bomb attacks," he said.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "The parents are in pain. We will make no political statements on whatever they say. But as we have seen before, including during the RG Kar issue, although people demand a CBI probe, the agency has failed them time and again.
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Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari lauded the victim's mother for not accepting the money from the TMC legislator. The CPM will hold a protest rally in Kaliganj on Saturday, the party's state secretary Mohammed Salim told reporters.
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