Subhechcha Ganguly 
In the days leading up to the key panchayat elections in the state, at least one person was murdered in a crude-bomb explosion in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 10. On July 8, three-tier panchayat elections are scheduled, and the results will be tallied on July 11.The death toll from crude bomb explosions in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district increased by one on Saturday, bringing the total to 10, just days before the state’s key panchayat elections.
“The explosion happened in the early hours of the day in a jute field near Beldanga. Alim Sheikh, 53, was recognised as the deceased. According to a police officer, an investigation is ongoing.
The men were allegedly manufacturing homemade bombs in the field when the explosion occurred, according to the locals. They also claimed that a few people were hurt, despite the fact that the victims were never found.On June 20, the final day for candidates to file their nominations, political fighting persisted in several areas even as companies of the central forces began to arrive in the districts, including Bhangore in South 24 Parganas near Kolkata, where three people were killed.
