BJP leader shot dead in West Bengal, Vijayvargiya demands CBI inquiry

An area BJP leader in West Bengal was shot dead on Sunday by two bike-borne assailants close to Titagarh in North 24 Parganas district, police stated.

The duo opened hearth at Manish Sukla, a neighborhood councillor, on BT Road in the night, following which he was taken to a personal hospital, the place he was declared introduced dead, they stated.

The BJP management blamed the Trinamool Congress for the incident, however the ruling social gathering has rubbished the accusation.

“It is shameful that the TMC has now started politics of annihilation of political opponents. We don’t have any faith in local police as this happened in front of the police station. We want a CBI inquiry,” BJP nationwide common secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya stated.

BJP MP Arjun Singh additionally held the TMC answerable for Shukla’s “killing” and claimed that photographs had been fired at him from a carbine.

Shukla, who converted to the saffron social gathering final yr, was thought of to be near Mr Singh.

Senior TMC leader Nirmal Ghosh stated the incident was a results of infighting inside the BJP and allegations in opposition to his social gathering had been baseless.

An enormous police contingent was rushed to the spot after Shukla was gunned down round 9.30 pm.

“We have started an investigation and will look at all possible angles,” a senior police officer stated.

The BJP has referred to as a 12-hour bandh in Barrackpore space on Monday in protest in opposition to the incident.

Meanwhile, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed concern over the regulation and order scenario in the State and summoned the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, and the DGP on Monday morning.

“ACS Home @MamataOfficial and DGP @WBPolice have been summoned at 10 am tomorrow in the wake of worsening law and order situation leading to the dastardly killing of Manish Shukla, Councillor, Titagarh Municipality in political party office,” Mr Dhankhar stated in a tweet.