An incident of alleged kidnapping of a female school teacher turned parts of the Labpur block in the Birbhum district into a battlefield on Sunday. Interestingly, the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) district leadership also indicated that their local TMC MLA is possibly involved in the kidnapping of the 22-year-old school teacher. Tension gripped Labpur on Saturday as a mob smashed the local TMC MLA Manirul Islam’s vehicle and chased him, forcing him to take refuge in the local police station. They alleged that Mr. Islam was involved in the kidnapping of the local school teacher. The mob attacked the police station, where Mr. Islam took shelter, and pelted stones on the forces for a couple of hours.

Source: The Hindu February 17, 2019 16:07 UTC