SILCHAR, April 28: In a daredevil early morning attack, a mob of nearly 250 people including women from a slum area ransacked the house of district Congress general secretary Partha Ranjan Chakraborty, beat him and his brother Sujay mercilessly, broke his cars and even tried to unknob the LPG cylinder to burn the entire house before fleeing as the police made a delayed entry.
The incident created much tension in the entire town as people blocked the road at two points in Tarapur area, some schools were packed off and terror-struck parents were seen busy collecting their children. Both Partha and his brother Sujay have been admitted in the intensive care unit of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital with injury on heads.
However, they had been declared out of danger by the attending doctors. It is to be noted that Chaktaborty is the chairman of Silchar Development Authority and known as a close confidante of Union Minister SM Dev.
In an FIR with the police, Bithika Chakraborty, wife of Partha Ranjan , alleged that at least 250 people including a good number of women from nearby Malini bill area attacked their house at Ramkrishna Lane in Tarapur area, a few minute walking distance from the house of Union Minister Sontosh Mohan Dev as well as of MLA Bithika Dev. The mob was well prepared with swords and lathis. She said yesterday night, at least five thieves from Malini bill area intruded in to one of the house of nearby Jogesh Road.
Partha Ranjan and others nabbed two thieves and handed them over to the police. Meanwhile, another thief was found hiding in the residence of Partha Ranjan and when he was picked up by the family members, a mob with swords and lathis attacked the house.
Sujay locked Partha Ranjan at a room in the second floor. Sensing this the mob first beat Sujay and later dragged Partha Ranjan from the room and attacked him with swords on his head and ransacked the entire house damaging one Bolero car and a Wagon R. In the incident, one Jay Ram Dutta, neighbour of the Chakrabortys was also injured though the terror-struck neighbours could do nothing to resist the mob.
Meanwhile local residents of Malini bill had a completely opposite version of the entire episode. Krishna Kumar Das and Bimal Das of the locality said that three of their boys namely Aditya Das, Suren Das and Hirendra Das were returning home yesterday night after performing kirtan at Barman Lane when Partha Ranjan thrashed them. Aditya Das, an active BJP worker, was beaten by Partha Ranjan who later locked him in his house.
On hearing the incident, Aditya’s mother Rakhamoni Das reached Partha Ranjan’s house at the wee hours and pleaded to release her son but Partha allegedly beat her too.
Local residents however claimed that they did not attack the house of Partha Ranjan. But they admitted that they are being regularly harassed by Partha Ranjan, Khokan Roy and Dipak Chakraborty for grabbing the land.
It is to be noted that, Partha Ranjan as the chairman of the Silchar Development Authority had allowed a private builder to make a market complex in Malini bill. He had reportedly assured the local residents that they would be compensated accordingly but in reality the local residents did not receive as they were assured of.
This created a atmosphere of mass grievance against Partha Ranjan. Some local residents even alleged that Partha used to regularly harass them with a motive to grab the land. Cachar Deputy Commissioner Gautam Ganguly, informed The Sentinel that ADC BC Nath has been instructed by him to make an investigation of the incident.
On the other hand, district Congress president Karnendu Bhattacharjee today squarely blamed the police for the bizarre incident of mob violence on the house of party general secretary Partha Ranjan Chakraborty which left him and his brother seriously injured. Bhattacharjee was irritant with the police lapses. He even declared that if the things go like this, the Congress would be forced to form a separate force for their own security.
Meanwhile, BJP candidate Kabindra Purkayastha apprehended that this kind of incident might again happen as the Congress would want to create law and order situation as the ruling party had already understood that they were going to loose the Silchar seat. Purkayastha today met the SP and asked him to tighten security arrangement to foil any attempt by evil-doers for creating disturbances before the counting on May 16.
Bhattacharjee said he had immediately brought the matter under the notice of the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Union Minister Sontosh Mohan Dev. THE SENTINEL
The incident created much tension in the entire town as people blocked the road at two points in Tarapur area, some schools were packed off and terror-struck parents were seen busy collecting their children. Both Partha and his brother Sujay have been admitted in the intensive care unit of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital with injury on heads.
However, they had been declared out of danger by the attending doctors. It is to be noted that Chaktaborty is the chairman of Silchar Development Authority and known as a close confidante of Union Minister SM Dev.
In an FIR with the police, Bithika Chakraborty, wife of Partha Ranjan , alleged that at least 250 people including a good number of women from nearby Malini bill area attacked their house at Ramkrishna Lane in Tarapur area, a few minute walking distance from the house of Union Minister Sontosh Mohan Dev as well as of MLA Bithika Dev. The mob was well prepared with swords and lathis. She said yesterday night, at least five thieves from Malini bill area intruded in to one of the house of nearby Jogesh Road.
Partha Ranjan and others nabbed two thieves and handed them over to the police. Meanwhile, another thief was found hiding in the residence of Partha Ranjan and when he was picked up by the family members, a mob with swords and lathis attacked the house.
Sujay locked Partha Ranjan at a room in the second floor. Sensing this the mob first beat Sujay and later dragged Partha Ranjan from the room and attacked him with swords on his head and ransacked the entire house damaging one Bolero car and a Wagon R. In the incident, one Jay Ram Dutta, neighbour of the Chakrabortys was also injured though the terror-struck neighbours could do nothing to resist the mob.
Meanwhile local residents of Malini bill had a completely opposite version of the entire episode. Krishna Kumar Das and Bimal Das of the locality said that three of their boys namely Aditya Das, Suren Das and Hirendra Das were returning home yesterday night after performing kirtan at Barman Lane when Partha Ranjan thrashed them. Aditya Das, an active BJP worker, was beaten by Partha Ranjan who later locked him in his house.
On hearing the incident, Aditya’s mother Rakhamoni Das reached Partha Ranjan’s house at the wee hours and pleaded to release her son but Partha allegedly beat her too.
Local residents however claimed that they did not attack the house of Partha Ranjan. But they admitted that they are being regularly harassed by Partha Ranjan, Khokan Roy and Dipak Chakraborty for grabbing the land.
It is to be noted that, Partha Ranjan as the chairman of the Silchar Development Authority had allowed a private builder to make a market complex in Malini bill. He had reportedly assured the local residents that they would be compensated accordingly but in reality the local residents did not receive as they were assured of.
This created a atmosphere of mass grievance against Partha Ranjan. Some local residents even alleged that Partha used to regularly harass them with a motive to grab the land. Cachar Deputy Commissioner Gautam Ganguly, informed The Sentinel that ADC BC Nath has been instructed by him to make an investigation of the incident.
On the other hand, district Congress president Karnendu Bhattacharjee today squarely blamed the police for the bizarre incident of mob violence on the house of party general secretary Partha Ranjan Chakraborty which left him and his brother seriously injured. Bhattacharjee was irritant with the police lapses. He even declared that if the things go like this, the Congress would be forced to form a separate force for their own security.
Meanwhile, BJP candidate Kabindra Purkayastha apprehended that this kind of incident might again happen as the Congress would want to create law and order situation as the ruling party had already understood that they were going to loose the Silchar seat. Purkayastha today met the SP and asked him to tighten security arrangement to foil any attempt by evil-doers for creating disturbances before the counting on May 16.
Bhattacharjee said he had immediately brought the matter under the notice of the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Union Minister Sontosh Mohan Dev. THE SENTINEL
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