Kolkata, April 8 – The escort vehicle of Congress candidate Adhir Chowdhury, contesting from the Baharampur Assembly constituency, was hit by a truck on Wednesday evening while he was returning from Kandi to Berhampore in the Murshidabad district.
The Election Commission has sought a report on the incident.
However, the Congress candidate from Baharampur narrowly escaped. The accident occurred while he was returning from campaigning in Kandi. Adhir Chowdhury's security personnel were in the vehicle.
Ketan Jaiswal, the chairman of the Congress's media department, who was in the vehicle, was injured.
The Congress has accused the police of failing to cooperate, despite requesting assistance.
According to Congress leaders, the party's star candidate has to travel across different parts of the state for election campaigning.
As per the party's schedule, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury went to Kandi for campaigning on Wednesday.
On his way back, the accident occurred when a truck lost control and hit Adhir's escort car. The rear part of the car was damaged.
Congress workers alleged that there was no police cooperation after the accident. They claimed that even after 20 minutes of the accident, the Inspector in Charge of the Kandi police station was not present at the scene.
Workers at the Congress camp said that Adhir Chowdhury's car was right behind the car of the security guards that the truck hit. He narrowly escaped.
Following the incident, the Election Commission has urgently called for a report to determine whether there were any flaws in the high-profile security arrangements.
It may be noted that central security has been increased for Adhir Chowdhury, days after he faced protests from a section of Trinamool Congress workers while campaigning in Berhampore.
Chowdhury used to get 'Y Plus' central security when he was an MP. He was accompanied by five security personnel. Even though he lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the Centre did not withdraw his security guards.
With the latest update, the number of 'Y Plus' personnel has increased from five to ten. In addition to central security, Adhir has two state police constables assigned to him.
Five additional personnel arrived on Tuesday.