Two arrested in connection with TMC MLA's murder

Two people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress legislator Satyajit Biswas from West Bengal's Nadia district, police said. Biswas, a popular Dalit leader and an MLA from Nadia's Krishnaganj constituency, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while attending a Saraswati Puja programme in Nadia on Saturday evening.

Locals revealed that there was "constant load shedding during the programme" and they smelt a conspiracy behind the outages. "Two accused, Kartick Mondol and Sujit Mondol, have been arrested," a senior police officer said. The TMC and the BJP have been engaged in a bitter war of words since the killing. While the TMC has alleged a BJP hand behind it, the latter had blamed the murder on the TMC's internal feud.