March to Nabanna | Injured DYFI activist dies; sparks political slugfest in Bengal

State BJP chief Dilip Ghosh also mourned Maidul Islam Midda’s death and lashed out at the TMC government

A DYFI activist who was injured in a clash with the police during the Left parties’ march to West Bengal Secretariat Nabanna on February 11 succumbed to his injuries on February 15 morning, igniting a political row in the State.

 

The CPI (M) has termed its youth wing cadre’s death a “murder” by the TMC government, while the ruling party in the State called it a “suicide”.

Maidul Islam Midda, a resident of Kotulpur in Bankura district, was critically injured and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in south Kolkata, a health official said.

His condition continued to deteriorate and he died in the morning due to excessive blood loss, hospital authorities said.

An FIR was registered with the Shakespeare Sarani police station in connection with Midda’s death, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

“We are thoroughly probing the matter. A post-mortem…

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