A BJP worker from a village in Tufanganj subdivision of Cooch Behar was found hanging inside the deserted premises of a local girls’ school on Wednesday, prompting his wife and the party to accuse Trinamul of murdering and hanging the victim.

“Trinamul goons have killed Swapan Das, one of our party workers, in Tufanganj. In Bengal, all types of inhuman acts are being carried out to deal with people who are in opposition,” BJP’s national general secretary and Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya said a tweet in Hindi on Wednesday.

Trinamul leaders have brushed aside the charges and said the BJP was “trying to do politics over dead bodies”.

Sources said Swapan Das, 36, a resident of Andaran-Fulbari village of Tufanganj and a known face of the BJP in the area, had been missing since Tuesday morning. Das used to work at a jewellery shop.

“We searched for my husband everywhere on Tuesday but could not find him,” said his wife Chumki. “On Wednesday, I came to know his body has been found inside the girls’ school. I suspect that Trinamul supporters murdered and hanged him for being associated with the BJP. I want exemplary punishment for all those involved.”

Malati Rava Roy, the BJP district president of Cooch Behar, called it “a planned murder”.

“His feet were touching the ground and there were bloodstains. His wife has filed a complaint with the police. We will continue our movement unless the assailants are arrested,” Malati said.

BJP workers and supporters alleged this was the second case in north Bengal during the past 48 hours when a BJP worker has been “murdered”.

On Monday, they said, Ulen Roy, 65, another party worker from Jalpaiguri dictrict, had died from “police pellets” while he was participating at the party’s protest march — Uttarkanya Abhiyan — in Siliguri as a part of their campaign Ar Noi Annay.

BJP supporters also demonstrated in front of the school when a police team reached the spot to recover Das’s body.

Later in the day, as policemen took away the body for post mortem, a group of BJP workers assembled in front of Tufanganj police station and demonstrated for a while.

Shibapada Pal, the block Trinamul president of Tufanganj and a spokesperson of the party in the district, said no one from the was involved in the incident. “The BJP is trying to do politics over dead bodies. People are watching them and will give them an apt reply,” Pal said.