Labhpur (West Bengal): Local BJP leader Suprabhat Batyabyal’s daughter has been allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from her residence by a gang of miscreants in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a senior police officer said Friday. One suspect has been detained for questioning, District Superintendent of Police Shyam Singh said.
Batyabyal, who switched to the BJP from the TMC around five months ago, was not home when the miscreants broke into his house at Labhpur area in the district and kidnapped his 22-year-old daughter, according to his brother. Before joining the TMC, Batyabal was a district committee member of the CPI(M).
“Five miscreants barged into the house around 8pm on finding out that Suprabhat was not home. First, they confined us in a room and locked it from outside. Then, at gunpoint, they dragged my niece out and forced her into a car, which was parked nearby, and drove off,” Sujit Batyabal informed.
The SP said that the police haven’t found any political motive behind the incident so far. “We are investigating into the incident from all sides. Prima facie, we haven’t found any political motive behind the kidnapping, but no possibility can be ruled out,” Singh informed.
PTI