Injured woman dies, Birbhum carnage toll rises to 9

A woman who had suffered burns in the petrol bomb attack in Bogtui village in Birbhum district last week died in a hospital on Monday raising the toll to nine a police officer saidThe Birbhum killings also spawned violence in Bengals legislature with legislators of the ruling TMC and the BJP exchanging fisticuffs over heated arguments on Birbhum killings prompting the speaker to suspend five saffron party MLAs including Leader of Opposition Suvendu AdhikariOut of the nine deceased seven are women and two are childrenThe woman Najema Bibi who died today had nearly 65 per cent burn injuries Her condition deteriorated last night following which she was put on ventilation in the Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital She finally succumbed to her injuries this morning the police officer saidThree persons including a boy are still undergoing treatment at the same hospitalThe CBI probing the case could not record Najema Bibis statement on Sunday when its sleuths visited the hospital as her condition was critical a CBI officers told PTISome eight people were burnt to death in the early hours of March 21 after unknown assailants attacked some 10 houses in Bogtui village near Rampurhat with petrol bombs setting them on fire The attack is suspected to have been planned as a revenge for the murder of a local TMC leader with its roots in rivalry over illegal sand miningMeanwhile shortly after the House assembled at 11 am pandemonium reigned as BJP MLAs trooped to the well demanding a statement by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the worsening law and order situation in the wake of the Birbhum killingsSpeaker Biman Banerjee tried to pacify the BJP MLAs who continued with sloganeering inside the House leading to a war of words with legislators of the treasury bench and an eventual ugly scuffleAdhikari then walked out of the assembly claiming that TMC MLAs roughed up his party legislatorsMLAs are not safe even inside the assembly At least 810 of our legislators were beaten up including Chief Whip Manoj Tigga by some TMC MLAs as we demanded that the CM make a statement in the House on the law and order issue Adhikari saidTMC leader and state minister Firhad Hakim claimed the BJP had staged a drama to create chaos in the assembly Few of our MLAs were injured inside the House We condemn the conduct of the BJP he saidAmong those who were injured in the melee were TMC MLA Asit Majumdar and BJP chief whip Manoj Tigga both of whom were taken to hospitalWhile Majumdar claimed that Adhikari had punched him on the nose the BJP leader denied the chargeAdhikari along with BJP legislators Dipak Burman Shankar Ghosh Manoj Tigga and Narahari Mahato were suspended by the Speaker for the entire session till the House is proroguedProrogation is discontinuing a session of Parliament or a legislative assembly without dissolving itWhat happened today is completely unacceptable The way in which the five MLAs behaved with the women staff of the House is a shame for parliamentary democracy he told reporters adjourning theassembly sine dieThe BJP however denied all allegations and accused the ruling TMC of letting loose a reign of terror in the assemblyThey are running the government in an authoritarian manner We will not tolerate this Adhikari said adding he will meet the Speaker with an appeal to revoke the suspensionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever