Chandranath Rath shot dead in West Bengal post-election violence
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Updated · DW (English) · May 7
Chandranath Rath shot dead in West Bengal post-election violence
7 articles · Updated · DW (English) · May 7
Police said Rath, 41, an aide to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was ambushed by motorbike gunmen near his Kolkata home, as 433 people were arrested and more than 200 cases registered.
At least five people have been killed since Monday's results, after the BJP swept West Bengal and ended Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress rule after 15 years.
The BJP accused the TMC of targeted assassinations, while the TMC denied involvement and blamed BJP-backed miscreants, deepening political tensions in the state.
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