23 March,2022 08:15 AM IST | Rampurhat/Kolkata | Agencies
Cops near a burnt house in Bengal’s Birbhum on Tuesday. Pic/ANI
Eight persons, including two children, died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses were gutted in a fire at Rampurhat in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said.
The incident took place hours after the murder of a Trinamool Congress panchayat leader on Monday, DGP Manoj Malaviya told reporters in Kolkata.
Malaviya said seven charred bodies were recovered from one of the burnt houses, while one injured person died in hospital. Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the incident, he said.
The top police officer said TMC panchayat deputy chief of Barshal village, Bhadu Sheikh, was murdered around 8.30 pm on Monday. Shortly after the murder, at least eight houses were allegedly set on fire in Bogtui village, which some claimed was in retaliation to the killing.
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