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Bholanath Ghosh, 1 of the premier witnesses successful the onslaught connected Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials successful Sandeshkhali and connected CBI cases which implicated now-jailed TMC person Sheikh Shahjahan, was injured erstwhile a motortruck collided with his car successful West Bengal's North 24 Parganas territory connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025), a elder serviceman said.
Ghosh's younger son, Satyajit (32), and the operator of his car, Sahanur Molla (27), were killed successful the mishap that took spot connected the Basanti Highway adjacent the Boyramari petrol pump nether the Nazat Police Station limits successful Basirhat, helium said.
The 16-wheel motortruck dragged the backstage conveyance and dumped it into a h2o assemblage adjacent to the road, the serviceman said.
While the motortruck was recovered connected the broadside of the highway, precariously dangling implicit the h2o body, the erring operator fled the spot.
Basirhat Superintendent of Police Hossain Mehedi Rahaman confirmed that injured Ghosh was archetypal taken to a section infirmary and aboriginal shifted to a backstage wellness installation successful Kolkata. He was subsequently released from the infirmary aft superior treatment.
“I was sitting adjacent to the driver, and my lad was seated down him. The motortruck came and deed our car astatine afloat velocity connected its close side. I cannot accidental thing much but that this wasn’t an accident,” the subsister told reporters.
The bodies of the deceased were sent to the SSKM Hospital successful Kolkata for post-mortem examinations, the serviceman said.
Ghosh, accompanied by his son, had near his Sandeshkhali residence and was headed for the Basirhat sub-divisional tribunal to look successful transportation with 1 of the galore cases that Shahjahan had filed against him. The mishap took spot astir 8.45 a.m. connected a agelong of the roadworthy which had nary CCTV cover.
“We were connected our mode to the tribunal to look successful a mendacious lawsuit of rape, which Shahjahan had filed against us. I deliberation we were being followed from the infinitesimal we near our home,” helium said.
Local eyewitnesses claimed that the truck, moving successful the other absorption of the car, jumped lane and rammed into the backstage conveyance astatine breakneck speed, crushed it and dragged it on until it fell into the adjacent h2o body.
Later successful the day, forensic experts of the authorities constabulary examined the vehicles progressive successful the mishap and collected samples from the spot.
Police said they were looking astatine the anticipation of absconding Sandeshkhali unit fishy Abdul Halim Mollah, against whom there’s an apprehension warrant issued by a court, driving the truck.
Ghosh's elder son, Biswajit, claimed that this was a planned effort to execution his father, and alleged that Shahjahan pulled strings sitting successful jailhouse to transportation retired the crime.
“Our household has been subjected to sustained threats and harassment by Shahjahan and his followers ever since my begetter began cooperating with the CBI. Two of Shahjahan’s adjacent aides, Trinamool Nazat panchayat samiti main Sabita Roy and her deputy, Moslem Sheikh, orchestrated this onslaught upon instructions of their boss,” Biswajit alleged.
Both denied the charges.
“This mishap is astir unfortunate. I person known the household for agelong and person remained successful interaction with them ever since I came to cognize of it. I invited a just probe into the mishap and fto the information beryllium revealed,” Ms. Roy said.
“The allegation is ridiculous. I cognize this household precise well, and we enactment for the aforesaid party. It seems a governmental conspiracy is being hatched against me. I americium 66 years aged and I person ne'er practised unit successful politics,” Mr. Moslem maintained.
Ghosh's household lodged a ailment astatine the Nazat Police Station.
Shahjahan was arrested by constabulary connected February 29, 2024 aft remaining a fugitive for 55 days pursuing the onslaught connected ED officials by his supporters erstwhile the bureau reached his doorstep connected January 5 to question the TMC person regarding the under-probe multi-crore ration scam.
Large-scale allegations of forceful onshore acquisition and intersexual battle connected section women against Shahjahan and his followers successful Sandeshkhali soon began to surface, starring to a large governmental dust-up up of the wide elections that year.
The mishap drew disapproval from the absorption BJP.
“Reports bespeak that the motortruck was driven by Abdul Halim Mollah - 1 of Shahajahan’s closest aides - on with his subordinate Nazrul Mollah. Abdul has agelong been listed arsenic a fugitive successful the CBI’s records. It is truthful evident that this was nary mishap but a cold, calculated enactment of murder,” wrote Union curate Sukanta Majumdar connected X.
BJP’s IT compartment main Amit Malviya claimed it was evident that Shahjahan was eliminating witnesses 1 by 1 portion sitting successful jail.
"Is determination immoderate country for uncertainty that helium has Mamata Banerjee’s patronage?” Malviya asked connected the societal media platform.
West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said the mishap gave the cardinal probe agencies capable reasons to displacement the Shahjahan cases retired of the state.
“As agelong arsenic radical similar Shahjahan Sheikh are lodged successful a jailhouse successful West Bengal, radical similar Bholanath Ghosh volition ne'er stay safe. Today, his lad was killed. Tomorrow, they won't miss him. These are notorious criminals who proceed to person the patronage of TMC,” helium said.
“I support receiving accusation from elder situation officials that specified radical regularly person entree to mobile phones and behaviour concern from jail, and that these officials are powerless to halt this. The CBI indispensable determination the Supreme Court to displacement this lawsuit to immoderate authorities extracurricular Bengal,” the BJP person said, adding the CBI has already "moved the apex court, praying for transportation of 18 post-poll unit cases extracurricular the State".
