Four more people were arrested from West Bengal’s Jhargram district for their alleged involvement in the attack on senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy and also on the vehicle of State Minister Birbaha Hansda, police said on Sunday.
Kurmi Samaj West Bengal’s president Rajesh Mahato and Adivasi Janajati Kurmi Samaj State chief Shibaji Mahato were among the four, who were initially detained and later arrested in connection with the case, a senior officer of the district police said.
With these arrests, the total number of people apprehended in connection with the attack on Mr. Banerjee’s convoy and Ms. Hansda’s vehicle became eight.
