Kolkata Fire: BJP Links New Town Blaze To 'SIR' Process, Claims Infiltrators Fled

In this breaking news report, India Today’s Principal Correspondent Anirban Sinha Roy provides ground updates on a massive fire that gutted over 100 shanties in the Ghuni slum area of New Town, Kolkata. The blaze, which broke out near Eco Park, has ignited a fierce political war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government. The BJP alleges that the fire is linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, claiming that 'illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya settlers' had locked their homes and fled across the border days before the incident. While no casualties have been reported, the BJP has termed the incident a 'deliberate manipulation' rather than just an administrative failure. The report highlights the destruction of shanties and the deployment of fire tenders to douse the flames.