A Trinamool Congress member from Bharatpur in West Bengal was killed on Wednesday night. A group of assailants attacked Sasthi Ghosh with sharp weapons on his way home, the police said.
Family members of the deceased Trinamool Congress member said that there had been a dispute with others in the village over financial issues and Mr. Ghosh had received threats in the past.
Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, representing Bharatpur, said that he had learnt that those behind the murder were also Trinamool Congress supporters. The MLA added that personal enmity between two groups in the village resulted in the murder and that the party wanted the culprits to be identified and arrested.
Another murder
In another case of murder, the nephew of a Panchayat member was allegedly hacked to death at Madhusudanpur in Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rakib Sheikh, nephew of Panchayat member Salauddin Sheikh from the Trinamool Congress.
