2021 West Bengal post-poll violence case: Three law enforcement officials despatched to jail for BJP employees homicide

Three law enforcement officials have been despatched to jail in relation to the homicide of BJP employee Abhijit Sarkar within the 2021 post-poll violence case in West Bengal. This comes nearly 4 years after the incident by which the BJP employee, was killed. 

There had been reviews of unrest in lots of components of the State after the 2021 Assembly elections. It was throughout such incident the BJP employee was killed in Kakurgachi.

The law enforcement officials who’re underneath the scanner are Subhajit Sen, then officer-in-charge of Narkeldanga police station, he retired in November 2024 as an assistant commissioner. Ratna Sarkar (sub-inspector), the then investigating officer of the case and Dipankar Debnath, a house guard connected to Narkeldanga police station, are additionally named within the chargesheet. Ms Sarkar is now an inspector and Mr Debnath stays a house guard. 

At the tip of June, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a supplementary chargesheet and had additionally named one Trinamool Congress MLA, and two councillors, in its chargesheet. TMC MLA Paresh Pal from the Beliaghata constituency, Swapan Samaddar, councillor (Ward 58), and Papiya Ghosh, councillor (Ward 30) are named within the chargesheet. 

The three TMC leaders have additionally moved Calcutta High Court this week to hunt anticipatory bail. They got anticipatory bail by the court docket. 

A complete of 18 folks had been named within the supplementary chargesheet, 15 of them appeared earlier than the court docket and sought bail. Eleven of the 15 folks got bail count on the three law enforcement officials, and one confederate of Mr Sen, Sujata Dey had been remanded in jail custody until July 31. 

The particular CBI choose at Bichar Bhawan in Kolkata additionally raised questions in regards to the position of the police and rejected their bail plea and requested them to give up themselves. 

Biswajit Sarkar, brother of the deceased Abhijit Sarkar stated that the law enforcement officials weren’t held accountable however slightly got promotions. “They had been instantly associated to the homicide,” Biswajit stated, standing exterior the town classes court docket on Friday (July 18, 2025). 

Three weeks in the past, the prime accused within the case, Arun Dey, was additionally arrested by CBI officers. 

Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA, Suvendu Adhikari welcomed the court docket’s judgement. In a social media publish on X, he wrote, “The choose remarked, “What will occur to society if the protector turns into the predator?” The CBI investigation is progressing on the best path. No one responsible within the incidents of post-poll violence will likely be spared.” Mr Adhikari additionally stated that the occasion is dedicated to bringing justice for the deceased Mr Sarkar and his household. 

When the supplementary cost sheet was filed, TMC spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh had stated that it was a politically motivated chargesheet. “Right earlier than the 2026 Assembly elections, the CBI filed this underneath the BJP’s strain,” Mr. Ghosh had accused.