A BJP booth committee president was allegedly beaten to death and six party workers were injured at Halisahar in North 24-Parganas during the saffron party’s outreach programme on Saturday evening.
The BJP has accused Trinamul of the attack while the latter has blamed the saffron party’s internal bickering.
BJP’s Saikat Bhawal, a contract worker with Halisahar Municipality, was allegedly beaten to death with bricks, iron rods and bamboo sticks while distributing party leaflets in Barendra Para near the municipality in the town.
Residents informed the police who came to see Saikat and his party colleague Khokon Das bleeding on the ground. Both were rushed to JNM Hospital in Kalyani, where Saikat was declared dead. Khokon is critical.
BJP leaders alleged Trinamul had tagged Saikat, a resident of Dompara Lane, ward 9, an “outsider” and fatally assaulted him. “Trinamul has planned to eliminate our party workers by tagging them outsiders. It is a planned murder,” BJP’s Bijpur MLA Subhranshu Roy said.
Local Trinamul leader Subodh Adhikary no party worker was involved. “It is the fallout of BJP’s internal bickering,” he said.
Police have been deputed in the area.