Archive · 16 Sep 2026
CJP Member Whose Father Died After Alleged Attack Meets Mamata
Abdul Hafiz belongs to the Cockroach Janata Party.
His father died after being badly hurt during an alleged attack on their home.
The attack happened in West Bengal’s Bankura district on August 14.
Hafiz says the incident was connected to his questions about a damaged primary school.
He believes people supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party were responsible.
On Tuesday, he met Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
He showed her official documents about the case and asked for a school to be built in his father’s memory.
All India Trinamool Congress leaders said the meeting was about helping a victim and should not be viewed as political.
Abdul Hafiz, a Cockroach Janata Party member, met Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Hafiz brought the FIR, post-mortem report and other documents concerning his father’s death.
His father, Sheikh Mohammad Mafik, died after allegedly being assaulted during an attack on their home in Bankura district.
The CJP alleges that people backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party carried out the August 14 attack.
Hafiz sought the construction of a school in his father’s memory and discussed the alleged attack, investigation and school conditions.
- Who
- Abdul Hafiz, a Cockroach Janata Party member, met Mamata Banerjee after the death of his father, Sheikh Mohammad Mafik.
- What
- Hafiz presented documents about the alleged attack and his father’s death, discussed the investigation and school conditions, and sought a school in his father’s memory.
- When
- The meeting took place on Tuesday, September 15; the alleged attack occurred on August 14.
- Where
- Hafiz met Banerjee at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata; the alleged attack occurred in Karishunda village in Bankura district, West Bengal.
- Why
- Hafiz sought attention to the alleged attack and investigation and requested a school commemorating his father.
CJP and TMC account
Nonpolitical framing
Responsibility for the attack
CJP and TMC account
The Cockroach Janata Party accused people allegedly backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party of attacking Hafiz’s home; TMC leader Dola Sen called it a mob attack by BJP supporters.
Nonpolitical framing
The report says rival parties traded allegations over the circumstances of Mafik’s death, but it does not provide a response from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Meaning of the meeting
CJP and TMC account
Hafiz used the meeting to raise the alleged attack, the investigation into his father’s death and the condition of the local school.
Nonpolitical framing
Dola Sen said the meeting was not political and that there was no All India Trinamool Congress–Cockroach Janata Party angle.
- Meeting participant
- Abdul Hafiz, a Cockroach Janata Party member
- Person who died
- Sheikh Mohammad Mafik, Hafiz’s 51-year-old father
- Alleged attack date
- August 14
- Reported location
- Karishunda village, Indas area, Bankura district, West Bengal
- Documents carried
- FIR, post-mortem report and other case-related documents
- Request
- Construction of a school in Mafik’s memory
- Political claim
- The CJP accused people allegedly backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party of carrying out the attack