West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain and 10 TMC workers injured in crude bomb attack
West Bengal’s deputy labour minister Jakir Hossain and 10 Trinamool Congress workers were severely injured after a crude bomb was hurled at them by unidentified miscreants at Nimtita railway station of West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Wednesday (February 17) night.
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 "<p>According to police sources, the minister and the TMC workers was attacked while they were waiting at platform no 2 to board the Calcutta-bound New Alipurduar-Sealdah Teesta Torsa Express around 10pm.<br />
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<p>According to police sources, the minister and the TMC workers was attacked while they were waiting at platform no 2 to board the Calcutta-bound New Alipurduar-Sealdah Teesta Torsa Express around 10pm.<br /> </p>
According to police sources, the minister and the TMC workers was attacked while they were waiting at platform no 2 to board the Calcutta-bound New Alipurduar-Sealdah Teesta Torsa Express around 10pm.
<p>Jakir Hossain has been admitted to Jangipur subdivisional hospital. Doctors are trying to treat injuries to the legs and the left hand of the minister.</p>
Jakir Hossain has been admitted to Jangipur subdivisional hospital. Doctors are trying to treat injuries to the legs and the left hand of the minister.
<p>A senior police officer said, “We have started an investigation. A large police contingent was posted at Nimtita railway station.”<br /> </p>
A senior police officer said, “We have started an investigation. A large police contingent was posted at Nimtita railway station.”
<p>Two of the 10 party workers accompanying the minister have been seriously injured and admitted to the Jangipur hospital, the police said.</p>
Two of the 10 party workers accompanying the minister have been seriously injured and admitted to the Jangipur hospital, the police said.
<p>Abu Taher Khan, president of the Murshidabad unit of the Trinamul, said: “It is unbelievable that a gentleman and popular politician like Jakir Hossain could have enemies who would try to kill him. We have requested the police to arrest the accused as soon as possible.”</p>
Abu Taher Khan, president of the Murshidabad unit of the Trinamul, said: “It is unbelievable that a gentleman and popular politician like Jakir Hossain could have enemies who would try to kill him. We have requested the police to arrest the accused as soon as possible.”
