According to reports, the 14-year-old boy’s mother, Sridevi, had scolded him for wanting to go out to play cricket, instructing him to complete his pending school assignments instead.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the first task of the BJP will be to rid West Bengal of infiltrators if the party comes to power in the state following the Assembly elections next year.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale expressed his disappointment, calling the RPI(A)’s exclusion from the BJP-Shiv Sena seat-sharing for BMC polls a “betrayal of trust.” Despite this, his party will contest 38 seats independently to uphold worker dignity and Ambedkarite community participation in governance, while still supporting the broader Mahayuti alliance on other seats.