West Bengal: CPM MLA beaten up in Mamata's land

Medinipur, Mar 6: CPI (M) MLA Sushanta Ghosh was beaten up by a man with a shoe at a local court on Tuesday, Mar 6, when Ghosh was facing trial in connection with the skeletons found near his ancestral house.

A man ran towards Ghosh when Fourth Additional Session Judge Avijit Som was reported by the Garbeta MLA to meet the bail condition set by the Supreme Court, as claimed by police.
Police failed to catch the man as they escaped from the spot.

On Feb 3, the Supreme Court have granted conditional bail to the former minister.

Over 20 people have been arrested out of 58 persons, while police seized the property of the absconding accused.

They were charged with abduction, murder, criminal intimidation, tampering of evidence and possession of illegal arms among others.

However, Police have found five skeletons near Ghosh's ancestral house at Benachapra village under Garbeta assembly constituency in West Midnapore district in June last. Meanwhile, CID arrested Ghosh on Aug 11 and the chargesheet was filed on Sep 23.

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