A Trinamul Congress leader was hacked to death outside his home in the Maynaguri block of Jalpaiguri district on Sunday night.

Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder. District Trinamul leaders have accused the BJP of orchestrating the attack.

Sources said Ranjit Adhikari had been dropped at his home in Saptibari around 10pm by Trinamul workers after attending a party meeting.

While he was about to enter the home, a group of miscreants attacked him with sharp weapons. They hacked him on the head and face.

As Ranjit raised an alert, Nilima, his wife, came out. The miscreants fled while the Trinamul leader collapsed on the spot.

The neighbours also came out and he was rushed to a local health centre in Churabhandar where doctors pronounced him dead.

“There were six of them who were hacking my husband. Local BJP supporters have time and again threatened my husband. We want exemplary punishment for all those who were involved in the incident,” said the bereaved wife.

Ranjit, party sources said, is survived by his wife and four children. He was a small trader.

On Monday, a number of district leaders reached his home. Also, a police team led by senior officers was deployed at the spot.

“Ranjit was a popular face of our party in Maynaguri. The BJP has killed him in a planned manner,” said Chandan Bhowmik, a coordinator of Trinamul in Jalpaiguri district.

He said another Trinamul leader had been murdered in the same locality around 10 months back.

The BJP denied the charges.

“It is an unfortunate incident but is a fallout of inner differences in Trinamul over sharing of cut money collected from beneficiaries of different social welfare schemes. None from our party was involved in the attack,” said Chanchal Sarkar, a district secretary of the BJP.

Vikramjit Lama, the deputy superintendent of police (crime) of Jalpaiguri, said: “Four persons have been arrested. We are in search of some more people.”