A Trinamul worker from Rampur-Jaldhowa village in Tufanganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district was found dead at field with injury marks on Thursday morning.
Trinamul leaders claimed they have found a flag of BJP and a dagger near the body of Khalek Mian, 70, and alleged that goons backed by the BJP killed him. North Bengal development minister Rabindranath Ghosh who met the party worker’s family also said: “We suspect the BJP is behind the murder.”
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BJP leaders denied the charges as fabricated.
Khalek went missing on Wednesday evening, said his daghter-in-law Hanufa Bibi. “He went to the market but did not come back.”
Baxirhat police recovered his body on Thursday and gave it for post-mortem.