1 more arrested in 'road accident' in which prime witness against TMC strongman Shajahan was injured

Barasat (WB), Dec 14 (PTI) Police on Sunday arrested one more person in connection with the alleged road accident in North 24 Parganas district in which one of the prime witnesses in the CBI and ED cases against suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan of Sandeshkhali was injured, and his son was killed.

The accused was later produced before a court in Basirhat, which remanded him to eight days of police custody.

Superintendent of Police, Basirhat, Hossain Mehedi Rahaman, said the accused Golam Hossain Molla was arrested from Hasnabad earlier in the day.

With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to three, according to police.

However, none of those arrested were named in the FIR, the SP added.

On Saturday, one person was arrested in connection with the alleged road accident.

In the alleged accident on December 10, Bholanath Ghosh, the witness, was injured, and his younger son Satyajit (32) and driver Sahanur Molla (27) were killed as a truck collided with their car on the Basanti Highway near Boyramari petrol pump in the Nazat police station area on Wednesday.

After striking the car, the 16-wheel truck dragged the vehicle and dumped it into a roadside waterbody, police said.

Shajahan, accused of sexual abuse and land grab, was arrested in February 2024 after being on the run for 55 days. He was the TMC convenor of Sandeshkhali assembly constituency and a member of the North 24 Parganas zilla parishad.

He was initially arrested in two cases lodged at the Nazat police station in connection with an assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during a raid at his house in a ration scam case.

Police have registered an FIR against eight persons. PTI COR SUS RG