West Bengal: Deceased BJP-worker's family refutes suicide claims, blames TMC
What's the story
The family of BJP worker Dulal Kumar, whose body was found hanging from a pole in West Bengal's Purulia district, has refuted the autopsy report that said he committed suicide. They further alleged that TMC workers killed him. Kumar was kidnapped on June 1, and his dead body was found a day later. The incident came just days after another BJP worker was killed in Purulia.
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What the police said after autopsy
"We received postmortem reports, which states 'death due to asphyxia, hanging ante-mortem and suicidal ingestion'. We are taking formal action," Purulia SP Akash Magharia said. However, the autopsy report of suicide was rejected by Dulal's parents.
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"He was killed by TMC workers"
Purulia: Family of BJP worker Dulal Kumar refutes postmortem report citing suicide as the cause of his death, father (man without shirt) says, 'we are sure that he did not commit suicide, he was killed by TMC workers.' #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/cxPNLc8jOn
— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2018
BJP vs TMC
Meanwhile, BJP called deaths of party workers 'political murders'
The BJP trained guns at TMC after Kumar's death and slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for law and order failure. The saffron party alleged the killings were done at the behest of ruling TMC and were political murders. The West Bengal police handed over the case to Crime Investigation Department (CID). TMC leader Derek O'Brien had asked for all angles to be probed.
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Violence in West Bengal is troublesome
In the recently held panchayat polls in West Bengal, democracy was put to shame when voters were intimidated, ballot boxes were stolen and polling booths vandalized. Soon after the death of Trilochan Mahto, on whose body it was written that he has been punished for doing 'BJP politics', things have worsened. The question is: will Mamata Banerjee take responsibility for the violence?