Bholanath Ghosh, a key witness in the case against arrested TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan of Sandeshkhali, was severely injured in a road accident on Monday while on his way to testify before a court in a different case against him. His family has alleged foul play.

A ten-wheeler truck hit Ghosh’s car, killing his younger son and the driver, while Ghosh remains critically injured. According to the police, after the crash, the truck driver fled.

Ghosh’s elder son Biswajit claimed that the truck tried to kill his father under instructions from Shahjahan. Ghosh, once a TMC worker and a close aide of Shahjahan, later became a key witness in a case against Shahjahan.

Biswajit said, “They had threatened to kill my father earlier. This is not an accident — 100 per cent murder. Shahjahan’s or

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