Kolkata: A petition was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the attack on BJP Lok Sabha member Khagen Murmu and the party’s Chief Whip in the West Bengal Assembly, Shankar Ghosh.

The petition has been admitted by the court, and the matter might come up for hearing next week.

The vehicle of Murmu and Ghosh was allegedly attacked by the Trinamool Congress activists on Monday afternoon at Bamundanga in Jalpaiguri district while they were on their way to Nagrakata in the same district with relief material for the flood-affected people there.

Murmu was severely injured in that attack, and he is currently admitted to a hospital in Siliguri of Darjeeling district. Ghosh, who received minor injuries, was also admitted to the sa

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