The BJP has blamed the Trinamool Congress, which has rubbished the allegation.
Kolkata:
The physique of a BJP employee was discovered contained in the get together workplace at Usthi in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, a police officer stated on Saturday.
The employee, Prithviraj Naskar, used to deal with the social media accounts of the get together within the district.
The BJP pointed an accusing finger on the Trinamool Congress (TMC), whereas the police, after arresting a girl in reference to the killing, stated the explanation for the homicide could possibly be private.
Naskar’s blood-soaked physique was found on the get together workplace on Friday evening. His members of the family stated he had been lacking since November 5.
A senior police officer stated the arrested lady confessed to having hit Naskar with sharp weapons, leading to his demise.
“We’re exploring the angle of the deceased having been concerned in a relationship and any quarrel with the arrested particular person,” he advised reporters.
The officer stated a police crew broke open the entrance door and a collapsible gate locked from inside the get together workplace earlier than discovering the physique. The suspected assailant should have escaped by means of a rear door.
Following a preliminary investigation and monitoring of cell phones, the lady was picked up from a close-by locality and, throughout interrogation, she confessed that she had dedicated the crime, the officer stated.
Police are investigating if she was aided and abetted by anybody else, he stated.
The BJP accused the ruling TMC and the get together hit again.
BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar advised reporters that native TMC activists had been behind Naskar’s homicide as they wished to frighten the get together’s supporters within the space.
In a put up on X, Mr Majumdar stated, “Our combat will proceed till justice is served and the killers of martyr Prithviraj are delivered to mild. BJP stays resolute in ending the bloodthirsty and oppressive rule of CM Mamata Banerjee in Bengal.”
The BJP state unit alleged in one other X put up that the get together’s district social media convenor was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by TMC “goons”.
“The police ignored his household’s determined pleas for assist,” it claimed.
Senior TMC chief and former Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh claimed that the BJP is aware of the precise motive behind Naskar’s demise however peddles falsehoods implicating the TMC.
Mr Ghosh claimed in an X put up that there are studies concerning the BJP employee having enmity with multiple particular person.
The accidents in some components of his physique confirmed animosity and contempt of the assailant in direction of the person, the TMC chief claimed, expressing hope that the investigation would cowl all these angles.
In the meantime, Naskar’s father claimed that his son had earned the wrath of some native TMC activists and the police after placing up placards demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital sufferer in the course of the current Durga Puja competition within the space.
“My son was warned of dire penalties by native TMC leaders for organising protests on the RG Kar difficulty in the course of the festive season,” the daddy stated.
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