Murshidabad Murders

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday assured the relatives of the murdered school teacher of Murshidabad district of providing all legal help if needed in connection with the case.

Murshidabad Murders, West Bengal: Around noon on October 8, the last day of Durga Puja, Bandhu Prakash Pal and his family opened the door to the last man they would ever see. Pal, his pregnant wife Beauty and six-year-old son were hacked to death within five minutes in their home in Bengal's Murshidabad, say the police.

The police in West Bengal posted a rare status update on Twitter on Friday as a political row triggered by the horrific murder of a family of three in Murshidabad scaled up following the death of a priest in in the Nadia district.

After the horrific murder of a family of three, including a child, the death of a priest in West Bengal's Nadia district has become a new flashpoint in the ruling BJP's attack on the state's Mamata Banerjee government.

The BJP has sought time from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and President Ram Nath Kovind to apprise them about the "complete breakdown" of the law and order situation in West Bengal, party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said today.

The murder of a schoolteacher, his pregnant wife and six-year-old son in Bengal's Murshidabad, which has taken a political turn in the state, drew an impassioned tweet from filmmaker Aparna Sen this morning. "Shame on us," she said in the post addressed to "Madam CM" or Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Three members of a family, including an eight-year-old boy, have been "murdered by unidentified miscreants" in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said here on Wednesday.

A middle aged woman was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for allegedly killing her daughter, police said on Monday.

Union minister of state for Railways Adhir Chowdhury, against whom a non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued for alleged conspiracy in a murder case, was today charge sheeted by the police in a Murshidabad court.

A group of residents from West Bengal's Kamduni village, where a 20-year-old college student was gang-raped and murdered last month, will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday. Two other groups will also meet the President to lodge their protest against similar incidents in their villages in Murshidabad district.

A married woman was found murdered on Sunday in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, and her family has alleged she was raped before the killing. The state was rocked by two instances of gang-rape and murder in the past few weeks.

A highly decomposed body of a minor girl suspected to be murdered was recovered on Saturday in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday assured the relatives of the murdered school teacher of Murshidabad district of providing all legal help if needed in connection with the case.

Murshidabad Murders, West Bengal: Around noon on October 8, the last day of Durga Puja, Bandhu Prakash Pal and his family opened the door to the last man they would ever see. Pal, his pregnant wife Beauty and six-year-old son were hacked to death within five minutes in their home in Bengal's Murshidabad, say the police.

The police in West Bengal posted a rare status update on Twitter on Friday as a political row triggered by the horrific murder of a family of three in Murshidabad scaled up following the death of a priest in in the Nadia district.

After the horrific murder of a family of three, including a child, the death of a priest in West Bengal's Nadia district has become a new flashpoint in the ruling BJP's attack on the state's Mamata Banerjee government.

The BJP has sought time from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and President Ram Nath Kovind to apprise them about the "complete breakdown" of the law and order situation in West Bengal, party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said today.

The murder of a schoolteacher, his pregnant wife and six-year-old son in Bengal's Murshidabad, which has taken a political turn in the state, drew an impassioned tweet from filmmaker Aparna Sen this morning. "Shame on us," she said in the post addressed to "Madam CM" or Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Three members of a family, including an eight-year-old boy, have been "murdered by unidentified miscreants" in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said here on Wednesday.

A middle aged woman was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for allegedly killing her daughter, police said on Monday.

Union minister of state for Railways Adhir Chowdhury, against whom a non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued for alleged conspiracy in a murder case, was today charge sheeted by the police in a Murshidabad court.

A group of residents from West Bengal's Kamduni village, where a 20-year-old college student was gang-raped and murdered last month, will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday. Two other groups will also meet the President to lodge their protest against similar incidents in their villages in Murshidabad district.

A married woman was found murdered on Sunday in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, and her family has alleged she was raped before the killing. The state was rocked by two instances of gang-rape and murder in the past few weeks.

A highly decomposed body of a minor girl suspected to be murdered was recovered on Saturday in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said.