Statesman News Service
MALDA, April 1: Tension looms large over Rampur area just ahead of the Kharba Assembly elections scheduled to be held on 12 April after a Congress worker Mubarak Ali (50) was murdered in Rampur under Chanchal police station last night.Mubarak Ali, a Congress worker, was killed last night by an opponent group allegedly led by a CPI-M supporter in Rampur village. The victim’s wife also sustained severe injuries in the clash while saving him. Since the opponent group was led by a CPI-M supporter the incident has created a huge sensation in the area prior to the bypolls.“The incident is not political but it tends to take a political colour as Mubarak was a CPI-M worker earlier. There was a clash between two anti-social groups over rights of an area. Police have been posted in the area to defuse the tension,” said Mr Satyajit Bandyopadh-ayay, SP Malda.There was a continuous fight between the two villages of Rampur and Ajitpur under Chan-drapara grampanchayat in Chanchal. A group of ass-ailants attacked Mubarak Ali with choppers around 8 pm last night. His wife’s fingers were chopped off in the attack.Mr Saidur Rahman, son of Mubarak Ali, has lodged a complaint with the police against three assailants Imran, Ismail and Nazrul.Police have stepped up vigilance there to control the situation before the bypolls. The Congress leader Mr Goutam Chakraborty demanded immediate arrest of the culprits named in the FIR.“It is CPI-M’s plan to terrorise people, before any poll”, Congress leaders alleged.“It was a clash between two anti-social groups. The CPI-M is not involved in this incident”, Mr Tushar Bhattacharya, a senior member of the district CPI-M said.
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