Burdwan, 26 Apr. 04:
Biswanath Roy, the Trinamool Congress candidate at the Khandagosh Assembly constituency today lodged a complaint against the O.C. of the Khandagosh police station. According to Roy, Nazrul Islam, the concerned police officer have picked up Nayan Malik, a strong TMC supported on 24.04.04 & physically tortured him before presenting at the Burdwan court with imaginary charges today. The TMC leader also complained that, Islam has been deliberately harassing the TMC workers at "utmost pressure of the ruling CPI(M) party." The by-election at this assembly constituency will be held along with the Loksava elections.

The concerned officer was not available for his comment on the subject. Even his cellular phone is `switched off'. R. K. Chakraborty, the duty officer of Khandagosh P.S. declined to know anything about the incidence & the whereabouts of the concerned officer. SP Burdwan, K. C. Meena said, "we have received the complaint. We will conduct an enquiry against all the charges." 

Shyamal Dutta, the election agent of Biswanath Roy said, "the local CPI(M) workers & leaders are threatening our party workers to restrain from election preparations. Some of them are even threatened to be killed. The concerned O.C. backed up by the ruling party is trying to terrorise our workers. Nayan Malik was called at the PS & was arrested. Later today he was produced to the Burdwan court after been tortured physically."

The local CPI(M) leaders strongly denied any such association with the officer or the alleged threatening of TMC workers by them. They also informed the arrest was made after a complaint made by Malik's wife.