TMC to approach EC over Sandeshkhali ‘sting operation’ video

The TMC will lodge a complaint with the EC against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari and others, claiming that a saffron party leader has “confessed” on camera that the rape accusations in the Sandeshkhali incident were concocted, sources said on Thursday.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will submit a letter to the Election Commission (EC)later in the day, they said.

Party sources said their complaint is based on a purported video in which a man claiming to be Gangadhar Kayal — BJP mandal president in Sandeshkhali — was heard saying that Adhikari, the leader of opposition in the West Bengal assembly, was “behind the whole conspiracy”.