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TMC worker dies in Bengal lock-up, wife alleges police torture
Trinamool Congress worker Birju Keot died hours after being sent to police custody in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, his wife alleged he was beaten and tortured. Keot was arrested by…
The Story in Brief
Trinamool Congress worker Birju Keot died hours after being sent to police custody in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, his wife alleged he was beaten and tortured. Keot was arrested by Halisahar police on Friday on charges of extortion and corruption, produced before a Barrackpore court, and remanded to five days' police custody.
He fell ill early Saturday and was taken to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital in Kalyani, where doctors declared him dead. Police sources said he suffered a heart attack, but questions remain. Wife Jeny Sharma Keot claimed he had injury marks and was bleeding from the ear. The TMC has accused police of custodial excesses; the BJP has called for an investigation.
The Indian Opinion
Both sides are racing to verdicts before any post-mortem. The BJP frames the death as proof that the rule of law now applies even to TMC strongmen; the TMC calls it a political murder in police custody. Each narrative ignores the messy truth: Keot was arrested for real extortion allegations, yet a death in lock-up demands scrutiny. The wait for the autopsy report and any independent inquiry will show whether this was due process or custodial violence.
Source: indiatoday.in
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