{"id":10469,"date":"2020-07-30T04:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T04:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10469"},"modified":"2020-07-30T04:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T04:24:18","slug":"body-of-bengal-bjp-man-found-hanging-in-betel-vineyard-party-blames-tmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=10469","title":{"rendered":"Body of Bengal BJP man found hanging in betel vineyard, party blames TMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Body of a 44-year-old BJP<\/a> worker, who was missing since Wednesday morning, was found hanging from a bamboo pole in a betel vineyard at the coastal town of Digha in East Midnapore district late afternoon as the party blamed Trinamool Congress (TMC) \u201cgoons\u201d for the \u201cmurder\u201d.<\/p>\n

The TMC denied the allegation levelled against it.<\/p>\n

The deceased, Purnachandra Das, was the BJP booth president of ward number 41 in the Ramnagar-2 municipal area.<\/p>\n

A relative of Das said, \u201cHe was called for a meeting by local TMC leaders in the morning. Since then, he was missing.\u201d<\/p>\n

His family tried look for him but failed.<\/p>\n

Later, local residents spotted the body hanging in the vineyard near his house at 4pm and called police. The body was sent for post-mortem.<\/p>\n

His family alleged that he was murdered.<\/p>\n

Tight-lipped, police said the cause of the death will be revealed after the post-mortem report examination is conducted.<\/p>\n

Das\u2019s family claimed that he was alienated in the neighbourhood because of his ideological leanings and was forced to quit the BJP many times.<\/p>\n

BJP president of Kanthi (Organisation) Anup Chakraborty said, \u201cThe TMC murdered Das in a planned manner. For a long time, they were trying to frame him in false cases. He recently got bail in all cases and returned home. Local Trinamool leaders called him in a kangaroo court this morning. Since then, he was missing. We suspect that he was murdered before being hanged. We are demanding a transparent investigation in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, TMC leaders denied all allegations.<\/p>\n

A local TMC leader said, \u201cThe case is being investigated. The cause of the death will be clear after investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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