TMC worker's body found in West Bengal's Nandigram, party blames BJP for 'murder'
Times of India | 26 December 2024
Image used for representational purposes only NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was found dead in Nandigram, Hooghly district, on Wednesday night. Police discovered the body of 52-year-old Mahadeb Bishoi in front of his tea stall in Brindaban Chowk market.
Bishoi, a resident of Gokulnagar panchayat area in Nandigram Block 1, appeared to have been beaten to death, police said.
“It seems that the man was beaten to death. Both his legs were broken. There were injury marks on his hands. We have received a complaint from his family and a probe has been initiated,” a senior police officer said.
TMC claimed that BJP workers "murdered" Bishoi and demanded the immediate arrest of the culprits.
"He was an active worker of the party. BJP supporters killed him. A few days ago, another party member was killed. I demand strict action against the guilty," Bappaditya Garg, president of Nandigram 1 block of TMC said.
Rubbishing TMC's claims, the BJP said Bishoi's death was the result of the party's infighting and that the saffron party had no role in it.
"There is no political rivalry behind this. Yesterday, there was a picnic where they had consumed alcohol, after which there was a fight following which Bishoi was murdered," Meghnagh Paul, general secretary of BJP's Tamluk unit, said.