Kaliganj Bomb Blast Kills Bengal Teen During Bypoll Vote Counting

On Monday, during the counting of votes for the bye-election to the Kaliganj assembly seat, a thirteen-year old girl was killed as a result of a bomb blast in the village in West Bengal's Nadia district, police informed.

West Bengal Police said in a post on X that the thirteen-year old girl died due to injury from the explosion in Kaliganj PS area of police district Krishnanagar.

“We shall spare no stones unturned to nab the culprits who were behind the incident. Raids are on in full swing to arrest those responsible for this extremely unfortunate death. Our prayers and thoughts are with the family members of the deceased,” the post added.

Today, a 13 year old girl succumbed to her injuries sustained from an explosion in Kaliganj PS area of Krishnanagar police district. We shall spare no stones unturned to nab the culprits who were behind the incident. Raids are on in full swing to arrest those responsible for this…

— West Bengal Police (@WBPolice) June 23, 2025

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The counting for the Kaliganj assembly bye-election was in progress at the time.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assured that the police will take stringent legal action against the criminals.

"I am shocked and deeply saddened at the death of a young girl in an explosion at Barochandgar. My prayers and thoughts are with the family in their hour of grief," Mamata Banerjee posted on social media platform X.

"Police shall take strong and decisive legal action against the culprits at the earliest," she added.

"The girl's body has been sent for post-mortem. We are probing into the cause of the explosion," PTI quoted the police officer.

Kaliganj bypoll results

Trinamool Congress candidate Alifa Ahmed won the bye-election to the Kaliganj assembly by 50,049 votes over her nearest rival, BJP's Ashish Ghosh.

Alifa Ahmed beat the 2021 winning margin of her father Nasiruddin Ahmed, whose passing in February this year forced the by polls to the seat in Nadia district, according to data on ECI website on Monday.

After the last round of counting, Alifa secured 1,02,759 votes compared to Ghosh who secured 52,710 votes, according to data published by the Commission on the its website.

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The Left supported Congress candidate Kabil Uddin Shaikh was in third place with 28,348 votes.

Even though Alifa received about 9,000 fewer votes than her father's total of 1,11,696 votes were secured in 2021, she won with a margin greater than the margin of 46,987 of Nasiruddin of four years ago, most likely due to a tighter vote split between her two closest rivals.

Outside the counting centre, Alifa thanked the people for "reposing faith in Mamata Banerjee's development politics".

"I do not agree that Hindus have not voted for us. We received significant leads from some Hindu-majority areas in my constituency," PTI quoted Alifa saying in response to a claim along those lines from BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.

"We did not target votes from any particular community. We approached all voters and the results show that their clear mandate is to not tolerate any form of communal divide in Bengal," she added.

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