Bengaluru Rameshwaram cafe case: BJP says Bengal 'safe haven for terrorists', TMC hits back with 'we all know...'

Soon after the two accused in Bengaluru's Rameshwaram cafe blast case were arrested from West Bengal on Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to jump the guns at the ruling Trinamool Congress with claims that the state, under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has turned into a safe haven for terrorists.

But it wasn't just the who had something to say about it! Both the TMC and the reacted almost immediately to the saffron party's claims.

While the West Bengal Police said that the accused were arrested with help of the state police, the TMC, referring to BJP leader , said every one "knows which family and BJP's main leader runs illegal activities from Contai", the place where the two accused were arrested.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), BJP's co-incharge in West Bengal Amit Malviya wrote: "NIA detains two chief suspects in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast, bomber Mussavir Hussain Shazib and accomplice Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa, from Kolkata. Both likely belong to ISIS cell in Shivamogga, Karnataka. West Bengal, unfortunately, under , has become a safe haven for terrorists."

Within minutes, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh countered his claims by congratulating the West Bengal Police for helping the NIA arrest the accused while also highlighting that the arrests were made from Contai/Kanthi , the stronghold of Adhikari and his family.

"Well done @WBPolice in connection with the -cafe blast arrest. Even @NIA_India has acknowledged it in their statements. Any anti-forces should be strictly dealt with. But let me ask to @BJP4India and their minions - where is this arrests made from? KANTHI. We all know which family and BJP's main leader runs illegal activities from Contai," Ghosh posted on X.

Ghosh requested the state agencies to