BJP candidate Samik Bhattacharya attacked in WB

Amid the ongoing high-decibel campaigning in West Bengal, BJP candidate from the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency Samik Bhattacharya was allegedly attacked by the supporters of TMC on Friday.

Kolkata: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency - Samik Bhattacharya, was allegedly attacked by the workers and supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party, alongside ransacking his central election office, here on Friday.

Amid high-octane campaigning in West Bengal, several BJP candidates contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha election across the state have been allegedly targeted by the workers and supporters of TMC.

In a similar incident, BJP's Hooghly candidate Locket Chatterjee's rented house in Bandel was ransacked by some unidentified miscreants on Friday morning.

Another BJP worker was found dead on Thursday morning in West Bengal's Purulia district. He was found hanging from a tree at Senabona village under Arsha police station in Purulia.