Overview

• The police pilot vehicle leading TMC MLA Saokat Molla’s convoy collided head-on with a motorcycle near Bamanghata on the Basanti Highway around 11 a.m. on September 2.
• Motorcyclist Mohammed Tajuddin was taken to SSKM Hospital and died later that afternoon, and the pilot car driver was injured and is being treated in Bhangar.
• Investigators from Kolkata Traffic Police’s Fatal Squad and Leather Complex Police Station are reviewing CCTV footage to establish the sequence of events.
• Media reports say the escort car was about 15 years old with its registration and fitness lapsed since August 2024, and it lacked a pollution certificate, though officials have not formally confirmed this.
• Molla offered condolences and attributed the crash to alleged brake failure, and he said he would urge the Police Commissioner not to use old, expired vehicles in convoys.