On 10th December, a prime witness against former All Indian Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan narrowly escaped death after a ten-wheeler truck struck his vehicle in the North 24 Parganas area of West Bengal. Bholanath Ghosh (64) is a crucial witness in land-grab proceedings brought by the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) and Central Bureau Of Investigation (ED) concerning Shahjahan who is also booked over systematic rape of women in Sandeshkhali.

Unfortunately, Ghosh was severely wounded and two people were killed including his son Satyajit and driver Shahanoor Molla in the collision. Notably, the occurrence happened when he was travelling to testify in Basirhat Sub-Divisional Court in relation to one of Shahjahan’s many cases and the former’s family has assert

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