A BJP worker was shot dead in West Bengal’s Nadia district after the polling for the last phase of Lok Sabha elections concluded, police said.
Hafizul Sheikh, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, was shot in the head by a man at a tea stall. The police have identified the attacker and are looking for him, sources said.
Police sources said that both Sheikh and his attacker, who they have identified, had criminal records.
The police also denied reports that Sheikh was beheaded, saying his head was disfigured due to bullet shots.
Sheikh’s family has claimed that he was killed as he joined the BJP.
The BJP has blamed the Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) for attack on its workers.
The BJP’s North Nadia district unit president, Arjun Biswas, accused the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) of orchestrating the murder. “Hafijur joined BJP after the last panchayat polls and actively campaigned for our candidate in the recent parliamentary elections. He had been receiving threats from TMC workers and a section of the police, warning him of retaliation after the Lok Sabha polls. This is clearly a political murder.”
Biswas stated. Soon after the murder, Biswas rushed to the spot last night and monitored the situation.
On Monday, Biswas accompanied by Amrita Roy, the BJP candidate for Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat who contested against TMC's sitting MP Mahua Moitra, met the family members of the deceased and they demanded the immediate arrest of the culprits.
Rukbanur Rahman, a district TMC leader, dismissed the allegations, attributing the murder to a family feud and denying any involvement of the TMC.
Rahman insisted that the party had no role in the incident. Family members of the deceased have called for the immediate arrest of those responsible for the attack. Police have indicated that the murder might not be politically motivated.
Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT cell head, took to X to comment on the murder. “The killings in West Bengal have started. Hafizul Sheikh, another BJP worker, has been murdered. His body, swollen, bullet ridden, head chopped and missing, was found lying by the road side.”
Malviya said that under Sheikh, the minorities in the area were joining the BJP before the Lok Sabha elections.
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