Overview

• Bengal Police arrested two suspects in the Nagrakata case, picking up one person from Nagrakata and another from Jaigaon.
• MP Khagen Murmu remains in a Siliguri hospital with a facial fracture and head injuries after being attacked during a visit to flood-hit areas, and doctors are evaluating surgical options.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla sought a formal report on the incident and Union minister Kiren Rijiju warned the state to submit it promptly as the Centre monitors the case.
• Political fallout extended to Tripura after alleged vandalism of the TMC’s Agartala office, with a TMC delegation initially stopped at the airport before meeting the DGP to seek security.
• The BJP and TMC exchanged blame over the violence, and a day later BJP MLA Manoj Kumar Oraon alleged he was assaulted in Alipurduar during relief work, a charge the TMC disputed.