Khan Arshad, Birbhum:

In Kanmora village of Rajnagar, the names of 103 individuals have been excluded from the supplementary electoral roll. In protest, villagers staged a demonstration on Wednesday and warned of boycotting the upcoming elections.

At Booth No. 20 in the Rajnagar Block, the status of approximately 190 names was under verification. Of these, 103 individuals—including a woman nearly 100 years old—were ultimately struck off the list.

To mobilize the community, villagers used public address systems and protested against the Election Commission, threatening to boycott the polls. Ninety-eight-year-old Jaygun Bibi stated that she is approaching her centenary year and has been voting for decades, yet her name has been removed from the list.

Rahim Khan, Mohammad Owais Karni, Sajeda Bibi, Amir Sheikh, and other affected villagers questioned why their names were struck off despite submitting all the necessary documents. They alleged that the Election Commission had acted deliberately.

Afroza Bibi said that while neither her name nor her husband’s name was removed, their son’s name was excluded. She asked, “How is this possible? If our son loses his voting rights, we too will not go to cast our votes.”

Sheikh Safi Ahmed and Sadek Khan stated, “Although our names were not removed, many villagers had submitted all necessary documents during the verification hearings; yet their names were still excluded. Therefore, we, the villagers, have collectively decided to boycott the elections.”

They added, “However, if our names are reconsidered before the polls and we are allowed to exercise our franchise, we will reconsider our decision to boycott; otherwise, we will not.”

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14 live Bombs Recovered in Lawdanga, Khoyrasole, Causing Sensation
Police recovered 14 large live bombs from a plastic bag hidden in a thicket beside an open field near the village of Lawdanga, under the Lokepur Police Station in the Khoyrasole Block of Birbhum district.
A special operation has been launched across the district under the direction of the Birbhum District Superintendent of Police to avert all kinds of untoward incidents in the district.
Late on Friday night, acting on a tip-off, police, led by DSP (DEB) Swapan Kumar Chakraborty, launched a search operation in the Lokepur area.
The police then recovered the 14 large live bombs from a plastic bag in a thicket next to a road on the outskirts of Lawdanga village, beside an open field.
The Bomb Disposal Squad has already been notified to defuse the bombs.
Police have started an investigation.

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Natun Gati, Birbhum : 

A person committed suicide in Birbhum’s Ilambazar due to SIR fear, according to the family of the deceased. After Panihati in North 24 Parganas, this time a death due to SIR fear has occurred in Birbhum’s Ilambazar.
An 85 year old man named Khitish Majumdar, from Korapara village under Kotwali police station in Paschim Medinipur, came to visit his daughter’s house in Ilambazar, Birbhum a few months ago. The body of the old man was found hanging from his neck in a house in Subhashpalli, School Garden, Ilambazar on Thursday.
The family has learned that Khitish Majumdar was in extreme fear of SIR. Khitish Majumdar name was not in the 2002 voter list. He was in the fear that if his name was not in the 2002 voter list, he would be sent to Bangladesh. He used to talk about SIR repeatedly. According to family sources, after the SIR was announced, he entered the house and committed suicide by hanging himself on Thursday.
This tragic incident has created a sensation in the district and the state.
It is known that he came to West Bengal from Bangladesh about 40 years ago. His name was also in the voter list here, and he had voted many times. But recently, the fear of SIR surrounded him. The family claims that he committed suicide due to this fear that if he is not included in the SIR list, he will be sent to Bangladesh.

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Khan Arshad, Birbhum:

Two huge pythons were rescued by the forest department staff in two villages in Rajnagar. A Giant python, about seven feet long, got caught in the net of a poultry farm in Natungram of Bhabanipur GP of ​​Rajnagar Block. When the locals informed the Rajnagar forest department, the forest worker Bimal Mahato went to the spot and rescued the python. On the other hand, a six feet long python was trapped in the net of a poultry farm in Gurkata village. Forest workers Bimal Mahato and Sanatan Mahato rescued the python from there.
Later, the two pythons were rehabilitated in a safe place far away from the locality, said the forest workers.

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