The state CID has started a probe into the unnatural death of a security guard of Suvendu Adhikari in 2018, based on a complaint by the deceased’s wife.

On Monday, the CID team went to Mahishadal in East Midnapore, hometown of deceased Subhabrata Chakraborty, spoke to his wife Suparna and said they would question his colleagues and close aides to piece together the exact sequence of events on October 13, 2018, when he suffered the bullet injury at the barracks near BJP leader Adhikari’s home.

Adhikari left Trinamul for the BJP in December 2020 and defeated Trinamul supremo Mamata Banerjee by a slender margin from Nandigram.

Last week, in her complaint, Suparna alleged deliberate delay by Adhikari and his associates in arranging an ambulance to take Chakraborty to a Calcutta hospital, where he died the next day.

BJP leaders in East Midnapore have claimed a “political conspiracy” against Adhikari.