Kalachand Karmarkar, in his 50s, tried to break up a confrontation, police said.
Calcutta:
A BJP worker was killed in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal this morning. He was beaten to death. His family and the BJP claim that the attackers were members of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Trinamool denied any link to the incident, but BJP blocked the roads with the body tonight and called a local for 12 hours. Bandh Thursday.
According to the police, Kalachand Karmarkar, in his fifties, tried to end a confrontation between some people who came to blows in front of his store this morning in the city of Tufanganj. He was hit and then collapsed. He was pronounced dead taken to a hospital. One person has been arrested.
Several of the BJP’s top leaders tweeted their condemnation of the incident. Union Minister of State Babul Supriyo said: “Trinamool’s goonda The army beat Kalachand Karmakar to death, but the administration has blindfolded itself instead of acting. The people will soon teach this arrogant government a lesson. “
Trinamool dismissed the accusation as unfounded. “The incident took place due to a local dispute. The police are investigating it. The BJP is trying to politicize the matter,” said senior TMC leader and North Bengal Development Minister Rabindranath Ghosh.
Trinamool MP Sukhendu Shekhar Roy said in Calcutta: “Even if someone dies from Corona, the BJP is blaming us.”
But local BJP leaders directly blamed Trinamool. “As the TMC has lost ground in the Cooch Behar district, it is systematically targeting the BJP workers,” said local party leader Sourav Das.
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