According to information received from commuters, multiple vehicles were involved in the accident at Gaimukh Ghat, which falls on National Highway 48 (NH-48)

Eight Trinamool Congress MPs protested outside Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s office in Delhi, accusing the Centre of misusing central agencies. Derek O’Brien and Mahua Moitra were briefly detained. The protest followed ED raids on political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata, which CM Mamata Banerjee termed politically motivate