BJP Leader Found Dead in Purulia Amid WB Panchayat Polls Violence, Probe Underway

GG News Bureau

Purulia, 4th July. West Bengal Police found the body of BJP leader Bankim Hansda from the Bodo area of the state’s Purulia district on Monday.

“This morning the police recovered the dead body of a BJP leader named Bankim Hansda, president of the BJP booth committee, from the Jodgoda area,” said Vivek Ranga, BJP District President on Monday.

Meanwhile, the situation is being investigated.

“Police recovered the body of a BJP leader named Bankim Hansda from the Bodo area of Purulia district. Further investigation into the matter is underway,” said Purulia DSP Abhijeet Bandopadhyay.

More information is awaited.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose condemned the escalating violence in Panchayat polls on Monday, calling it “murderous,” “intimidating,” and “muscle flexing” politics.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose who has been visiting various places where violence had earlier broken out in the state.

“My visit to the field has convinced me that there is violence in certain pockets of West Bengal. There is a manifestation of what is called the politics of murder, the politics of intimidation, the politics of muscle flexing,” he said.

Governor CV Ananda Bose stated that his visits are a “fact-finding mission” rather than a “fault-finding mission.”

West Bengal has seen multiple incidences of violence during and after the filing of nominations for panchayat elections, including one in which crude bombs were allegedly thrown at a Block Development Office (BDO) in Ahmadpur, Birbhum district.

In the Malda district, a TMC worker was also allegedly beaten to death. The panchayat elections will be held in a single phase, with the results due on July 11.

The polls are expected to witness a vigorous battle for control of local administrations between the incumbent TMC and the BJP, and will serve as a litmus test for both parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year.