CPI (ML) Red Star chief Sharmistha Choudhury, a distinguished face of the Bhangar land agitation in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, died right here on Sunday attributable to post-COVID problems. She was 47 and is survived by her husband Alik Chakraborty, who had spearheaded the motion.
Choudhury, a central committee member of the CPI (ML) Red Star, had recovered after contracting the illness a month in the past. However, she fell unwell once more and was rushed to state-run SSKM Hospital right here on Saturday, a senior occasion chief mentioned. She died on Sunday attributable to post-COVID problems and intestinal ulcer, he mentioned.
CPI (ML) Liberation common secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and a number of other others condoled her dying. An alumnus of Presidency University, Choudhury was a journalist for a number of years earlier than plunging headlong into activism.
Residents of round a dozen villages in Bhangar, beneath the banner of ‘Jomi, Jibika, Poribesh O Bastutantra Raksha Committee’ (Committee for defense of land, livelihood, atmosphere and ecology), had protested the TMC authorities’s plans to arrange an influence station, alleging the undertaking will trigger well being hazards and injury the ecology of the realm. PTI SUS ACD ACD 06131953 NNNN.
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