West Bengal BJP MLA found hanging in North Dinajpur
Team Udayavani, Jul 13, 2020, 3:42 PM IST
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Debendra Nath Ray, was found hanging near his home in Hemtabad area of North Dinajpur district on Monday morning, police sources said.
Ray had contested and won the Hemtabad assembly segment – a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes on a CPI(M) ticket but had switched over to the BJP last year after the Lok Sabha polls. He, however, did not resign as CPI(M) legislator in the state assembly.
“Ray was found hanging near a shop at Hemtabad area this (Monday) morning. We have started an investigation. A forensic team has reached the spot and his body has been sent for the post-mortem,” a senior district police officer said.
The BJP leader’s family has demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident as they suspected that he was murdered.
“We think he was murdered. There should be a CBI inquiry into the killing,” a family member said.
The state BJP leadership termed Ray’s death, as “cold-blooded murder” by the ruling Trinamool Congress party. BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said the killing of BJP leaders allegedly by TMC goons had become the order of the day in Bengal.
“It is a condemnable and cowardly act. During the rule of Mamata Banerjee, the killings of BJP leaders have become the order of the day. Hemtabad MLA Debendra Nath Ray was assassinated. His body was found hanging. Was joining BJP his only crime?” Vijayvargiya tweeted.
Refuting the allegations, senior TMC leader and district president Kanailal Agarwal, said it was for the police to investigate the cause of Ray’s death.
“It is for the police to decide the cause of his (Ray) death. Whether he committed suicide or there is something else… is for the law to decide. I won’t comment on it,” Agarwal said.
Ray’s death has brought back memories of two BJP activists who were found hanging near their homes in Purulia district after the 2018 Panchayat polls in the state.
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