Bengal: BJP Leader Found Dead At Party Office In South 24 Parganas, Woman Held As TMC Dismisses Sukanta’s Claim

Kolkata, Nov 9 (PTI) The body of a BJP leader was found inside the party office at Usthi in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, a police officer said on Saturday.
The deceased, Prithviraj Naskar, used to handle the social media account of the party in the district.
The BJP pointed an accusing finger at the TMC, while the police, after arresting a woman in connection with the killing, said the reason for the murder could be personal.
Naskar’s blood-soaked body was discovered at the party office on Friday night. His family members said he had been missing since November 5.
A senior police officer said the arrested woman confessed to having hit the deceased with sharp weapons resulting in his death.
”We are exploring the angle of the deceased having been involved in a relationship and any quarrel with the arrested person,” he told reporters.
The officer said a police team broke open the front door and a collapsible gate locked from inside of the party office before finding the body. The suspected assailant must have escaped through a rear door.
Following a preliminary investigation and tracking of mobile phones, the woman was picked up from a nearby locality and during interrogation, she confessed that she committed the crime, the officer said.
It was being investigated if she was aided and abetted by anyone else, he said.
The BJP and TMC were engaged in a war of words following the murder.
BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar told reporters that local TMC activists were behind the murder of Naskar as they wanted to frighten the saffron party’s supporters in the area.
In a post on X, Majumdar said, “Our fight will continue until justice is served and the killers of martyr Prithviraj brought to light. BJP remains resolute in ending the bloodthirsty and oppressive rule of CM Mamata Banerjee in Bengal.” The BJP state unit alleged in another X post that the party’s district social media convenor was abducted, tortured and murdered by TMC goons.
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Spoke directly via video call with the family of our martyr, Prithviraj Naskar, who was brutally murdered by TMC’s criminal gang in Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas. The entire <a href=”https://twitter.com/BJP4India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@BJP4India</a> stands in solidarity with his grieving family, committed to providing necessary financial and… <a href=”https://t.co/wTVbKXLGYT”>pic.twitter.com/wTVbKXLGYT</a>
— Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (@DrSukantaBJP) <a href=”https://twitter.com/DrSukantaBJP/status/1855166140932055427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 9, 2024</a></blockquote>

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“The police ignored his family’s desperate pleas for help,” it claimed.
Senior TMC leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh claimed that the BJP knows the exact reason behind Naskar’s death but peddles falsehoods implicating the TMC.
Ghosh claimed in an X post that there are reports about the deceased having personal enmity with more than one person.
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উস্তি থানা এলাকায় আটপাড়ায় বিজেপি অফিসেই বিজেপি নেতা পৃথ্বীরাজ নস্করের রহস্যময় মৃত্যুর ঘটনার সঙ্গে তৃণমূলের কোনও সম্পর্ক নেই। বিজেপি মিথ্যা কথা বলছে। ওদের পার্টি অফিসেই ওদের নেতার মৃত্যু। ওরা সব জানে। আমাদের কাছে সূত্রের খবর, একাধিক সম্পর্কের জটিলতায় খুন। মৃতদেহের যৌনাঙ্গে…
— Kunal Ghosh (@KunalGhoshAgain) <a href=”https://twitter.com/KunalGhoshAgain/status/1855218610387460299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 9, 2024</a></blockquote>

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The injury in some parts of his body showed animosity and contempt of the assailant towards the man, the TMC leader claimed, expressing hope that the investigation would cover all these angles.
Meanwhile, Naskar’s father claimed that his son had earned the wrath of some local TMC activists and the police after putting up placards demanding justice for the R G Kar hospital victim during the recent Durga Puja festival in the area.
”My son was warned of dire consequences by local TMC leaders for organising protests on the R G Kar issue during the festive season,” the father said. 
(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)