Overview

• West Bengal Police arrested five Khayerbari residents for the Nagrakata assault on MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Shankar Ghosh, with a local court remanding them to police custody.
• The accused in the Jalpaiguri case were named as Etwa Oraon, Govind Sharma, Akramul Haque, Sahanur Alam and Tofayel Hossain, and they face multiple IPC counts along with provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
• In a separate case, Alipurduar police arrested Ashutosh Mondal over the alleged attack on Kumargram BJP MLA Manoj Oraon during flood relief work.
• The Calcutta High Court admitted petitions seeking NIA and CBI investigations into the Nagrakata assault, with the matters expected to be heard on October 14.
• BJP leaders dispute the state probe, saying those arrested were not in their complaint, TMC denies involvement and condemns the violence, and Murmu remains hospitalised for planned facial surgery.