Murshidabad blast: WB govt forms SIT; progress report to be submitted regularly

TMC government in West Bengal constituted an SIT to probe incident in which crude bombs were hurled on premises of Nimtita Railway Station on Wednesday. As per a tification on Thursday, CID ADG Anuj Sharma will head SIT to probe all aspects of case including nature of explosive, trigger mechanism, conspiracy and attempt to kill West Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain and ors. team comprising of ADG South Bengal, STF, IB, CIF, SP Jangipur and SRP Howrah will closely supervise investigation of this case and submit a progress report regularly. Moreover, SIT has been empowered to take help of FSL, BDDS and or expert ncies. 

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Dastardly incident

On Wednesday night, WB MoS Labour Jakir Hossain and 24 ors were injured at Nimtita Railway Station in Murshidabad when unidentified persons threw crude bombs at m. attack took place when TMC MLA was waiting at platform to catch a train at Kolkata. Suffering injuries in one hand and leg, Hossain along with or injured individuals were rushed to  Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital. reafter, he was admitted to trauma care center at SSKM hospital in Kolkata where his condition was reported to be stable. 

This incident threw immediate condemnation from WB Goverr Jagdeep Dhankhar, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal and leaders across political spectrum. Expressing shock at this incident, both Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh contended that this showed poor law and order situation in state. After visiting her Cabinet colleague in hospital earlier in day, CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that it was a planned attack. While TMC supremo said she would wait for probe to ascertain truth of who was behind attack, she cast asperions on security provided by Railways.

On this occasion, she also anunced a compensation of Rs.5 lakh for those who lost ir limbs in attack. While elaborating on its rescue efforts, Railways ted that law and order on station platform was also under purview of state government's GRP. In ar development, Murshidabad District Magistrate Jagdish Prasad Meena has been replaced by Sharad Kumar Dwivedi. 

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