West Bengal: BJP Spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya attacked at Diamond Harbour

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal state unit Spokesperson, Samik Bhattacharya was allegedly attacked at Diamond Harbour here on Tuesday. This comes in the backdrop of BJP Councillor Manish Shukla’s demise, who was shot dead in front of Titagarh Police Station, in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.

Shamik was going to attend a meeting at Diamond Harbor. The BJP leader claimed that at around at least 150-200 people surrounded his car and they had swords, firearms and iron rods in their hands.

प.बंगाल में ममता सरकार अपना कार्यकाल पूरा होने से पहले राज्य को अराजकता के चरम पर ले जाने की कोशिश में है। आज @BJP4Bengal के प्रवक्ता श्री समिक भट्टाचार्य पर डायमंड हार्बर इलाके में हमला किया गया। वे बच गए पर उनकी कार को नुकसान पहुंचा।

राज्य की पुलिस तो लगता है गहरी नींद में है! pic.twitter.com/pkUOdS5rrl

— Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) October 6, 2020

He alleged that after a while, everyone was dragged out of the car and beaten. He was kicked indiscriminately in the chest and abdomen. His companions were not spared either.

Meanwhile, a delegation of BJP workers led by party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Raj Bhavan yesterday, demanding CBI inquiry into Shukla’s death. BJP Lok Sabha MP from Barrackpore Arjun Singh alleged that the accused came from the residence of Trinamool chief whip in the Assembly Nirmal Ghosh in Sodepur.