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Bengal BJP MLA says party workers assaulted him over extortion
BJP legislator Subhashis Om says party workers assaulted him on November 2 in West Bengal’s Debra constituency.
He says the attack followed his opposition to alleged extortion, and that four or five people with him were also attacked.
Om was treated in hospital for injuries to his limbs and head and later moved to Medinipur District Hospital for further care.
His police complaint names at least six people, but the account gives no outcome of any police inquiry.
BJP district chairperson Tanmoy Das said he did not know of extortion by party workers and said internal disputes should be handled within the party.
The allegation puts the BJP’s anti-extortion promise under scrutiny, amid other recent disputes between party members in West Bengal.
BJP MLA Subhashis Om of West Bengal’s Debra constituency alleges that party workers assaulted him on November 2.
He says the attack followed his opposition to extortion and that four or five people with him were also attacked.
Om was treated at a local hospital before being shifted to Medinipur District Hospital.
He named at least six people in a handwritten police complaint filed at Debra Police Station.
BJP district chairperson Tanmoy Das said he did not know of extortion allegations against party workers and questioned the account of the injuries.
- Who
- Subhashis Om, BJP MLA for Debra, says BJP workers assaulted him.
- What
- Om alleges he was attacked for opposing extortion. He says four or five people with him were also attacked.
- When
- Monday night, November 2, 2026.
- Where
- Debra, in Paschim Midnapore district, West Bengal.
- Why
- Om says the assault followed his opposition to extortion. The motive has not been independently established in the sources.
Subhashis Om
Tanmoy Das
Extortion allegations
Subhashis Om
Om says an extortion racket continued with help from district leadership and that he was attacked after protesting.
Tanmoy Das
Das says he does not know of extortion by party workers.
Account of the incident
Subhashis Om
Om says BJP workers attacked him and four or five people with him.
Tanmoy Das
Das said those allegedly assaulted were doing fine when he visited the hospital and criticized their receiving extra medical care after reporters arrived.
BJP MLAs Kaustav Bagchi and Arjun Singh got into a feud after Bagchi threatened self-immolation over the possible inclusion of Trinamool Congress leaders in the BJP camp.
Go Back” slogans were raised against Bagchi in Singh’s constituency, and a clash between two BJP factions in Titagarh injured a BJP worker.
Om says BJP workers assaulted him in Debra after he protested against extortion.
Om was treated at a local Debra hospital and later shifted to Medinipur District Hospital; he also filed a handwritten complaint naming at least six people.
- MLA
- Subhashis Om
- Constituency
- Debra, West Bengal
- Alleged assault
- November 2, 2026
- Complaint
- Handwritten police complaint naming at least six people
- Treatment
- Medinipur District Hospital
What people are saying
Our government has zero tolerance towards extortion; respecting that stance, I tried to go forward, but I realised the extortion did not stop and the racket was going on with help from the district leadership
When I came to the hospital, all of them (who were allegedly assaulted) were doing fine, but when the reporters came, they started to get extra medical care. This is not right