Asansol (West Bengal): In a horrific scene, the body of a BJP leader with bullet wounds was found in a Scorpio car on the roadside of the National Highway-19 on Saturday. The incident took place in Bogra Kalimandir under Jamuria police station limits in Asansol. The deceased has been identified as Rajendra Shaw (40).
Shaw hailed from the Ranisayer area of Raniganj police station of Asansol. He was the BJP convener for Ward No. 33 of Asansol Municipality. On Saturday afternoon, local residents suspected that a Scorpio car was lying on the side of the road for a long time. They grew suspicious and saw a bloody body inside and informed the police. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and sent the body to Asansol District Hospital for post-mortem. Initially, the body could not be identified, but later it was found that it was BJP leader Rajendra Shaw.
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After investigating the incident, the police recovered an empty cartridge from the car. On receiving the information, Asansol South Assembly constituency MLA Agnimitra Paul, BJP State Committee Member Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay, Asansol Organisational District President Dilip Dey and others reached the spot and staged a protest against the ruling party over the death of their party leader. Agnimitra Paul alleged that the TMC government had failed to maintain law and order in the state.
According to the inputs received, the police are probing the matter and efforts are on to nab the accused. After the preliminary investigation, the police speculated that the BJP leader might have been shot due to personal enmity.
