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Kolkata: Debendra Nath Roy, a member of the West Bengal legislative assembly (MLA) from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was found dead near his house in north Bengal\u2019s Uttar Dinajpur district on Monday morning. <\/p>\n
BJP leaders and his family members have alleged that he was murdered. <\/p>\n
BJP president JP Nadda has expressed \u201cshock\u201d at Roy\u2019s \u201cdeplorable and suspected heinous killing\u201d and condemned the incident.<\/p>\n
He questioned the rise of \u201cgunda raj\u201d in West Bengal under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee\u2019s watch amid the worsening law and order in the state, which is slated to hold assembly polls next year, where the BJP is seen to be the primary challenger to the CM\u2019s citadel. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspected heinous killing of Debendra Nath Ray, BJP MLA from Hemtabad in West Bengal, is extremely shocking and deplorable. This speaks volumes of the gunda raj and failure of law and order in the Mamata Banerjee-led government. People will not forgive such a government in the future. We strongly condemn the incident,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
The BJP has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the lawmaker\u2019s unnatural death. <\/p>\n
His body was found in the balcony of a shop near his house at Bondol in Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur district, on Monday morning. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe body has been sent for autopsy. We are investigating the case. No one has been detained for questioning or arrested so far,\u201d said a police official from Uttar Dinajpur district, requesting anonymity. <\/p>\n
\u201cRoy was murdered. The way his body was found suggests that it was a premeditated murder and the accused tried to pass it off as a suicide. The ruling TMC (Trinamool Congress) is involved in his murder,\u201d alleged Rahul Sinha, national secretary, BJP. <\/p>\n
The TMC, however, refuted the BJP\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard that he (Roy) died by suicide. Police are investigating the case. Let the truth come out. If he has been murdered, then the culprits should be identified and punished as per law,\u201d said Kanhaiyalal Agarwal, a TMC leader from Uttar Dinajpur district. <\/p>\n
BJP leaders said some people had called Roy around 1 am on Monday and he went out of his home. His body was found on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Roy had won the Bengal assembly elections from Hemtabad on a Communist Party of India (Marxist) ticket in 2016, but joined the BJP last year.<\/p>\n
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