Police today filed a chargesheet against Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the murder case of a Trinamool Congress activist.
In its chargesheet filed before a court in Berhampore, police accused the minister of conspiring the murder of Trinamool Congress activist Kamal Sheikh, who was killed by miscreants in Golabazar area in 2011.
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Condemning the move, local Congress leaders alleged that it is a "political conspiracy" to target their leader.
They said they will bring out rallies in Murshidabad district to protest against this.
Chowdhury, however, could not be contacted for his reaction.
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