Bengal Police Arrests 2 In Congress Worker's Murder Case, State Party Chief Adhir Meets Kin

Two people got arrested in the case of the murder of a Congress party worker in West Bengal. They have been sent to a 10-day police remand to recover the murder weapon.

West Bengal Police arrested two people in connection with the murder of a 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 Fulchand 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."

He continued to hit out at TMC and accused it of 'intimidating' the Opposition parties ahead of the Panchayat polls. While continuing his scathed attack, he said, "Our worst fears around the panchayat polls are ringing true. The ruling party in Bengal is resorting to unchecked hooliganism and using the administration to unleash terror on the Opposition forces ahead of the panchayat polls. We are being intimidated in a planned manner. They don't want the panchayat polls in Murshidabad and elsewhere to be held in the police."

The Panchayat elections in the state are slated to take place in a single phase on July 8 and the votes cast will be counted on July 11, said the state poll panel on Thursday. The elections are significant, being seen as a litmus test for parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year.