BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant shot dead
Violence and administrative chaos takes over West Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari and Union Minister Sukatanta Mazumdar visited the area and urged people and BJP workers to maintain calm.
"It was cold blooded murder," Suvendu Adhikari said and the same sentiment was shared by Mazumdar. Suvendu also said the political nexus to the killings could not be ruled out and the state police is probing the gruesome incident.
DGP and ADG Law and Order also visited the spot, Suvendu said and maintained that senior police officials including DGP has assured that "Clues have been obtained from the CCTV footage" and the police actions will be full steam.
Within days of a clear mandate against Trinamool Congress supremo; the BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot dead by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
"This incident is symptomatic of the culture of violence prevalent all these years, cultivated by the Trinamool Congress. He has been brutally murdered. This should be thoroughly investigated. There is a deeper conspiracy behind the killing," BJP leader Nikhil Prasun told NDTV.
BJP leader Devdas Mondal accused the Trinamool of killing an "innocent man". "We will identify the accused and bring them to justice," he told NDTV.
The incident took place at Doharia in Madhyamgram area, where Chandranath Rath, who served as the executive assistant to the leader of opposition in the state assembly, was attacked on a public road, they said.
Visuals showed the car's left front window cracked with bullet holes.
Chandranath Rath had been working for Suvendu Adhikari for many years and handled the BJP leader's political coordination and other work.
The PA was considered a part of Suvendu Adhikari's inner circle.
Suvendu Adhikari rushed to the hospital at Madhyagram where the police kept his PA's body.
Another man, Buddhadeb, who was with Rath was injured and was taken to a hospital after the attack in the assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district near Kolkata, sources said.
The four-wheeler allegedly overtook Rath’s car, forcing it to slow down. Moments later, bike-borne assailants opened fire from close range. At least four rounds were fired, three of which struck Rath in the chest, abdomen and head.
Eyewitnesses told police that the motorcycle used in the attack did not have a registration plate, raising suspicions of a premeditated hit.
“Someone followed his car and when it slowed down, they opened fire,” a source said, describing the sequence.
The driver of the vehicle was also injured in the firing and is currently undergoing treatment at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. His condition is reported to be critical.
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