Three days after the murder of a local Trinamool Congress leader Saifuddin Laskar, the police on Thursday arrested Communist Party of India (Marxist) activist Anisur Laskar in connection with the killing.
Palash Chandra Dhali, Superintendent of Police for the Baruipur district, said that Mr. Anisur Laskar and Karimuddin were arrested from Ranaghat, taking the number of those in custody for the crime to three.
Mr. Saifuddin Laskar, the TMC’s zonal president for the Bamangachi area was shot dead in the early hours of November 13. One of the accused was lynched to death by local residents.