Weeks after elections to panchayats in West Bengal, the political slugfest regarding the formation of the board of local bodies continues. On Sunday, four Opposition candidates who won the Krishnachandrapur gram panchayat seats from Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas district and were allegedly abducted a few days ago returned home.
The candidates went missing on the night of July 27 from a guest house in the Panchasayar area under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Police. Of the four Opposition candidates, three were elected on the ticket of the BJP and one was an independent candidate supported by Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Days after the candidates went missing, and the family members approached the police, a video of candidates surfaced where they said that they had left their homes on their own. On Sunday, Puja Chhatui, Kamala Mondal and Sushanta Mondal who won seats for the BJP said that they were abducted by Trinamool supporters at gunpoint and were forced to record a video saying that they had gone into hiding at their will. A video of the alleged abduction on the night of July 27 recorded by the CCTV cameras at a guest house where the Opposition candidates were staying had also appeared in the public domain.
