Violence erupted in Dinhata in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Wednesday after a local BJP leader was found dead in the morning.
Violence erupted in Dinhata in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Wednesday after a local BJP leader was found dead in the morning.
The body of BJP Dinhata Town mandal president Amit Sarkar was found at a local veterinary hospital.
BJP supporters targeted the police with stones and blocked roads in the area. They also attacked the office of the Trinamool Congress that was accused of being behind the death. Police resorted to use of force and teargas shells were fired.
Cooch Behar MP and BJP candidate from Dinhata said that Mr. Sarkar was killed the same way several BJP supporters, including Hemtabad MLA Debendra Nath Roy, were killed. “Every day, we are losing party supporters. How long will this continue,” Mr Pramanik asked.
Local TMC MLA Udayan Guha staged a dharna outside the local police station to protest against the attacks on…