Click to play videoKolkata: The red is getting the blues in West Bengal. First a CPI-M sympathiser, Debu Malik, confessed to raping and killing Tapasi Malik, a teenager who was protesting Tata's acquisition of land in Singur.
Then based on Malik's statement, the CBI arrested Singur's Zonal Committee Secretary, Suhrid Dutta, for his role in the murder case.
The two are now in CBI custody for 15 days, and the CPI-M finds itself a target of a concerted opposition campaign across the state.
Says Trinamool Congress leader, Kakali Ghosh Dastidar, "The CBI enquiry has proved today that the CPI-M cadres and leaders have been involved in the rape and murder of Tapasi Malik."
In a surprise move, the CPI-M, which has been caught on the wrong foot, has called a 12-hour bandh in Singur on Saturday.
However, senior party leader and former chief minister Jyoti Basu says the entire controversy is an Opposition conspiracy.
With public anger on the rise after the recent turn of events, the state government is taking no chance. It has tightened security around Tata's site in Singur, where construction work is on.
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