The state CID submitted its chargesheet to a court in Barrackpore on Friday in connection with the killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla and brought criminal conspiracy and murder charges against 10 persons.

The CID has already arrested the 10 accused persons from Bengal, Bihar and Punjab. The list includes Khurram Khan, Subodh Rai, Nasir Khan, Sujit Rai, Amar Yadav and Roshan Kumar Yadav.

In the chargesheet, the sleuths claimed that the BJP leader had been killed over personal enmity and not for any political reason.

A CID official who refused to be identified said: “The investigation revealed that Khurram Khan, a local trader, with the support of Subodh Singh, Subodh Rai and Nasir Khan had apparently conspired to eliminate Manish by engaging sharp shooters from Bihar.”

“Subodh materialised the conspiracy while staying in jail in Nalanda. However, the exact amount of this contract murder could not be ascertained so far,” he added.

Subodh Singh’s name did not feature in the chargesheet but was mentioned as a “suspect” in the case.

The “suspect” list includes the names of Trinamul leader and former chairman of Barrackpore municipality Uttam Das, former chairman of Titagarh municipality Prasanta Chowdhury, Rajendra Yadav and others.

On the evening of October 4 last year, Shukla was shot dead at Purani Bazar adjacent to BT road near Titagarh police station.

BJP’s Barrackpore organising district committee president Rabin Bhattacharyya said: “The CID has so far said nothing about the suspected role of Trinamul leaders. It appears that the probe agency was trying to protect them on the direction of its political bosses.”