A BJP worker was found hanged from a tree near his house in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district on Wednesday, together with his party alleging that he was killed by goons of the ruling Trinamool Congress as he had refused to hitch them.
The Trinamool Congress rubbished the allegation as “completely baseless and politically motivated”, and said a police work would bring out the reality .
The body of Purnachandra Das (44), a booth president of BJP within the Ramnagar area of the south Bengal district, was found hanging from a tree by locals, police said.
“We are investigating the matter,” a policeman said.
According to relations of Das, local TMC leaders had been putting pressure on him for the past few days to hitch their party.
“But he wasn’t willing to try to to so. Today a gathering was scheduled to be held with local TMC leaders. Later within the evening, he was found hanging. we would like the reality to return out,” a member of his family said.
The district BJP leadership alleged that TMC goons killed Das and hanged his body from the tree.
Earlier this month, a senior BJP leader and MLA, Debendra Nath Ray, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near his house in North Dinajpur district in north Bengal.
Ray was found hanging from a ceiling, outside a company , near his range in the Hemtabad area of the district, police said.
His family and therefore the party alleged that it had been a “cold-blooded murder by TMC”.
