KOLKATA: A key witness in CBI and ED land-grab circumstances in opposition to Sandeshkhali gang-rape accused Sheikh Shahjahan narrowly escaped loss of life after a 10-wheeler truck bludgeoned his automotive right into a roadside ditch whereas he was on his technique to testify in courtroom in a land-grab case in opposition to the previous Trinamool strongman on Wednesday morning.Bholanath Ghosh, 64, escaped with accidents on his face and neck, however youthful son Satyajit and the automotive driver died within the “accident”, which occurred at a spot on Basanti Freeway that’s not lined by any CCTV digicam.Ghosh’s household alleged the truck, whose driver is understood to them, intentionally hit the automotive and the “accident” was plotted by Shahjahan from jail. Cops stated all angles, “together with sa-botage”, are being probed.Shahjahan, who was a zilla parishad office-bearer in North 24 Parganas, is an accused in a number of gang-rape and land-grab circumstances. He was expelled from Trinamool after CBI arrested him in Feb 2024.Ghosh, an ally-turned-foe of Shahjahan, was headed to a Basirhat courtroom to testify in opposition to the strongman when his automotive was hit by the truck at 9.17 am close to Boyamari petrol station, below Nazat police station, round 12 km from Sandeshkhali.Ghosh was sitting beside the motive force, Shahanur Molla. Satyajit was sitting on the precise facet of the rear seat.Satyajit and Shahanur suffered most accidents after the truck rammed the automotive and pushed it right into a roadside ditch. Villagers reduce open the mangled automobile to tug the victims out. Satyajit and Shahanur had been declared ‘introduced lifeless’ at Minakhan Rural Hospital.Ghosh was shifted to a non-public hospital in Kolkata, from the place he was discharged within the night.Truck driver a Sandeshkhali residentThe truck hit us and the subsequent second we had been in water. I noticed Alim bounce out of the truck earlier than passing out. This was deliberate,” stated Ghosh. His elder son, Biswajit, alleged Shahjahan and his aides — Nazat panchayat samiti head Sabita Roy and deputy, Moslem Sheikh — had been behind the incident. “Shahjahan is in contact with each. They orchestrated the assault. That is 100% homicide,” he stated. He stated the truck driver lives in Sandeshkhali’s Laukhali village. Roy and Moslem denied the fees.Basirhat SP Hossain Mehdi Rahman stated, “We’re probing all angles, together with sabotage. A raid is on to nab the truck driver and proprietor.”Attorneys at Basirhat courtroom stated Ghosh lives in the identical Sandeshkhali neighbourhood as Shajahan. “In 2021, Shahjahan and his associates had vandalised Ghosh’s home, implicated him in a number of false circumstances and compelled him to flee,” stated a lawyer.Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar posted on X, “Studies point out that the truck was being pushed by Abdul Halim Mollah — one among Shahjahan’s closest aides — alongside together with his affiliate Nazrul Mollah. Abdul has lengthy been listed as a fugitive in CBI data. It’s due to this fact evident that this was no accident however a chilly, calculated act of homicide.” Bengal chief of opposition Suvendu Adhikari reiterated that every one trials in opposition to Shahjahan be moved out of Bengal.Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated, “If BJP netas have info, they need to give it to probe companies. Let me not go into witness elimination in BJP states. Unnao and Hathras was not far in the past. Police are probing the case. In Bengal, investigations are carried out pretty.”
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