Jun 21, 2025 08:31 PM IST

in one other incident, two individuals had been killed and three had been injured in an explosion whereas making crude bombs at Labhpur in Bengal’s Birbhum district

Kolkata: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) employee was discovered lifeless in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Saturday, police stated.

Police stated the sufferer was discovered hanging in entrance of his home along with his palms tied. (Representational picture)

Police have registered a homicide case on the premise of a criticism lodged by the sufferer’s brother.

“A 34-year-old man recognized as Sheikh Bakibulla was discovered lifeless within the morning in Goghat. The physique was despatched for post-mortem. We have registered a homicide case on the premise of the criticism lodged by the sufferer’s brother,” stated a police officer of Hooghly district.

Bakibullah was the mandal president of the BJP’s minority morcha at Goghat in Hooghly district. The sufferer’s members of the family and the get together alleged that he was murdered. He was discovered hanging in entrance of his home along with his palms tied.

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“Killed for sporting saffron, Sheikh Bakibulla, a BJP employee from Goghat, was hanged with palms tied. TMC-backed goons did it. No arrest. No motion. This isn’t just a homicide, that is focused political violence in Bengal underneath Mamata Banerjee,” the BJP wrote on X.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC), nevertheless, stated that the BJP was politicising the demise.

“The police are probing into the case. We at all times stand beside any household who’re in misery,” Sanjit Pakhira, TMC block president of Goghat– I instructed the media.

Meanwhile, in one other incident at Labhpur in Birbhum district two individuals had been killed and three had been injured in an explosion whereas making crude bombs, police stated. The deceased have been recognized as Sk Alamgir and Sk Sabir, each aged between 20 to 25 years. The three individuals who sustained accidents had been rushed to the hospital. “We have began a probe. No one has been arrested to date,” stated an officer of Labhpur police station.

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