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By Rittick Mondal: The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday called for a 12-hour bandh in protest against the killing of its leader in Purba Medinipur district earlier this week.
During the bandh, scores of BJP workers blocked roads connecting several highways around Moyna district.
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Bengal police retorted to lathicharge to remove the protesting BJP protesters from roads, which resulted in a scuffle between the agitators and cops. Benga BJP President Sukanta Majumdar is likely to visit Moyna district today.
The saffron party has claimed that the BJP booth president of Moyna, Bijaykrishna Bhuiya, was reportedly beaten up by “TMC goons” in front of his wife on his way back home on Monday evening and was forcibly taken away by them in a motorbike.
The BJP leader was later killed by “TMC goons”, the BJP claimed, and demanded the arrest of those behind it.
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Bhuiya’s body was later found on late Monday night at a distance from his residence with injury marks on his head, the police said, adding that the investigation into the incident is underway.
Meanwhile, the ruling TMC dismissed involvement in the killing of the BJP leader and claimed that it was the outcome of a family dispute.
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