Saffron party’s strike hits life in the district

Life was partially affected in West Bengal’s Purulia district on Sunday due to a 12-hour strike called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after two of its party workers were allegedly murdered within a span of three days.

Senior BJP leaders, who reached Purulia on Sunday, accused police, Trinamool Congress and miscreants of “acting together”.

“Trinamool, miscreants, mafia and police— all have become one. It is just the local people who are against them. Lot of people who were Maoists earlier are now working for Trinamool,” said BJP leader Sayantan Basu.

“This nexus is proved through these murders,” he added.

The body of 32-year-old Dulal Kumar was found hanging from a high-tension tower in Dabha village of Purulia district on Saturday morning.

Claiming that the deceased was a prominent party worker, the BJP blamed the ruling Trinamool Congress for his death and sought a CBI probe into it.

The body of 20-year-old BJP worker Trilochan Mahato was also found hanging from a tree in Balarampur area of the same district last week with a message inscribed on the back of his T-shirt, accusing him of supporting the BJP.

The Trinamool has, however, denied its involvement in either of the incidents. The state government has handed over the probe to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

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