Shantanu Thakur Latest News: West Bengal Police has registered an FIR against Union Minister Shantanu Thakur on the complaint of his aunt and Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Bala Thakur. Mamta Bala alleges that Shantanu Thakur is forcibly trying to take over the house in which Shantanu’s grandmother Binapani Devi (Bodo Maa), considered the matriarch of her community, lived there till her last breath five years ago.
The Union Minister of State for Shipping, Port Transport and Waterways termed the allegations as baseless. He said, “Mamata Bala Thakur herself has forcibly taken possession of that house, whereas I am her legal heir.” A senior police officer of Gaighat told ‘PTI-Bhasha’, “After the complaint of Mamta Bala Thakur. An FIR has been registered against Shantanu Thakur under various sections including forced house entry. We have started investigating the matter.
Supporters of both came face to face in Thakurnagar!
A dramatic situation arose in West Bengal’s Matua-dominated Thakurnagar area (under North 24 Parganas district) on Sunday night when supporters of both the leaders came face to face to capture the house in which Binapani lived till his death five years ago. Devi lived. According to Trinamool Congress, this incident happened when Shantanu Thakur along with his supporters allegedly tried to capture the house in which Mamata Bala currently lives. Shantanu Thakur is the grandson of Binapani Devi, while Mamta Bala Thakur is her daughter-in-law.
Shantanu Thakur received ‘threatening’ letter from LeT
Meanwhile, Shantanu Thakur claimed that terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has sent him a letter threatening that it will “burn the entire country” if the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is implemented in West Bengal. In this alleged letter typed in Bengali, it has also been threatened that if Muslims are harassed after the implementation of the National Register of Citizens, then the pilgrimage site ‘Thakurbari’ of the Matua community will be demolished.