Policemen deployed outside Alipore DM’s office on Kolkata on Monday during filing of nominations for panchayat polls. Citing Sheikh’s father, Tahid Khan, the BJP alleged that the deceased was a party worker whose wife was to file nomination for contesting the rural polls. West Bengal remained on the boil on Monday with political skirmishes witnessed across districts as the extended window for filing nominations closed at 3pm. According to a lawyer backing the Congress petition, the commission should have notified the new schedule for polling while extending the window for filing nominations. The commission could not have filed a notification separately only for filing nominations, which makes it technically invalid, this person said, asking not to be named.

Source: Mint April 23, 2018 18:00 UTC