According to the police, the incident happened at Kaliganj in the northern part of the district when BJP worker, Hafijur Sheikh, was playing carrom with others on Saturday night.
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Around 10-12 people allegedly came on motorbikes and first shot Sheikh and then hacked him, killing him on the spot
Ahead of the poll results scheduled for June 4, a BJP worker was killed by a group of men in West Bengal’s Nadia district in post-poll violence on Saturday night.
The saffron party has pointed their fingers at the ruling Trinamool Congress and has claimed that the accused identified as Hafijur Sheikh, identified as a BJP worker from the district, was found with his body swollen, bullet ridden and head chopped lying by the road side.
The Trinamool, however, claimed that the killing was a fallout of a family feud.
According to the police, the incident happened at Kaliganj in the northern part of the district when BJP worker, Hafijur Sheikh, was playing carrom with others on Saturday night.
Around 10-12 people allegedly came on motorbikes and first shot Sheikh and then hacked him, killing him on the spot.
The police were not allowed to lift the body as local people demonstrated for over two hours. The body was later sent for post-mortem examination.
The BJP’s Uttar Nadia unit president Arjun Biswas alleged that TMC goons killed the party worker.
District TMC leader Rukbanur Rahman, however, blamed family feud behind the murder and the Trinamool Congress has no role in it.
Family members of the deceased demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.
BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya Reacts
BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya took to his official account and accused the ruling TMC for the shocking murder. He claimed that the TMC has no love lost for Muslims if they do not vote for them.
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.
The incident took place in Chandpur area of Devgram, Kaliganj, Nadia.
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— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) June 2, 2024
He further alleged that the Muslims were even targeted in Diamond Harbour, where a large number of them voted for the CPI(M) candidate, Pratikur Rehman.
BJP’s Krishnanagar Candidate Meets Deceased’s Family
BJP candidate from Krishnanagar constiuency Amrita Roy met the family of the deceased BJP worker Hafizul Sheikh in Nadia’s Chandpur, Kaliganj.
The parliamentary constituency witnessed a contest between TMC’s Mahua Moitra and BJP’s Amrita Roy in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
(with agency inputs)
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