The chief minister lashed out at the local police, saying that the incident could have been avoided if the police had acted immediately.

The state government has formed a special investigation team to probe the incident. However, the family has demanded a CBI investigation as it has alleged the involvement of the police in Anish's murder.

'Whatever little we know is from the newspapers. Nobody from the government has contacted us.'

With many local TMC leaders accused of taking 'commissions' to provide information about welfare schemes, the 'government at your door' initiative has taken this information directly to the people.

If she can win Bhowanipore, the Trinamool Congress chief is saying, she can win the rest of India.

As the internal feud shows no signs of dying down, sources suggest that more leaders may leave the saffron party.

As several leaders from the north-east join the party, the region is shaping up to be its entry-point into politics outside Bengal.

The former Union minister's move is the latest sign that the party's internal feud is spiralling out of control.

The TMC has been at the forefront of attempts to create a national non-BJP alliance to fight the saffron party before the next parliamentary elections.

After Mukul Roy was made chairman of the PAC, not every BJP leader is content with the party's move to resign from other panels as a mark of protest.