'1 Person Died, Doesn't Mean There Was Big Violence': TMC MP On Congress Worker's Death In Bengal

TMC MP Saugata Roy has said that the death of one person does not mean there's big violence. He was reacting to the question on the killing of a Congress worker in the state's Murshidabad district.

Amid raging anger of the Congress party on the death of its worker in West Bengal, TMC MP Saugata Roy said that just because one person has died, doesn't mean there was a big violence. Admitting that no one should be killed, Roy accused the media and the opposition of creating hype about the issue. This comes after a group of assailants shot at him and others resulting in his death. The worker was later identified as Phoolchand Sheikh.

Talking to ANI, Roy said, "One person has died recently but that doesn't mean that there was any big violence...media and opposition parties are exaggerating it."

Earlier, West Bengal Police arrested two people in connection with the murder of the Congress worker which occurred at Murshidabad's Khargram on Saturday. Public Prosecutor Subhra Mishra Kandi while talking to the news agency ANI said that the accused have been sent to a 10-day police remand for them to recover the weapon used in the crime which is reportedly an iron road and a local gun. Later, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury visited the house of the party worker.

"They attacked with an iron rod and a gun. They were injured and one of them died at the hospital. They have been sent to a 10-day police remand for the recovery of the offending weapon," Public Prosecutor Subhra Mishra Kandi told ANI.

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday visited the house of party worker Phoolchand Sheikh in Murshidabad district and questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s silence on the matter, news agency PTI reported.  

 

Congress Protests Over Party Worker's Murder

Congress workers staged a protest outside the West Bengal State Election Commission office in Kolkata in response to the alleged killing. Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary criticized the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government and accused it of protecting the culprits involved in the murder.

ANI quoted him as saying, "A Congress worker was murdered at Khargram in Murshidabad. The incident took place in the run-up to the panchayat elections. The accused is being shielded by the administration in the wake of the killing. We will hold protests against this. Does the TMC want a bullet election or a ballot election? We will not allow TMC to indulge in this politics of blood."