BJP Claims its Party Worker Killed for Chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’

BJP claims its party worker killed by workers of the Trinamool Congress in the state’s Howrah district.

The BJP on 12 July claimed that Lalmohan and Deepak Mahato from Bengal’s Purulia district were hacked to death by the Trinamool Congress. However, their family tells The Quint that neither were they BJP workers, nor were their deaths political.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, on Monday, 10 June said that its party worker was killed in West Bengal’s Howrah for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'. The party claimed that a supporter of the party was strangulated to death allegedly for chanting "Jai Shri Ram" by workers of the Trinamool Congress in the state's Howrah district.

Though police confirmed the death of 43-year-old Samatul Doloi, whose body was found in a field at Sarpota village under Amta Police Station limits, officers were tight-lipped about the cause of the death. He had gone to attend a function on Sunday, 9 June, night but did not return home. His body with a noose around the neck was found on Monday morning, locals sources said.

BJP’s Howrah rural president Anupam Mullick claimed that Doloi was a party supporter and was killed by Trinamool Congress workers for chanting “Jai Shri Ram.”

Denying the charge, Trinamool Congress MLA Samir Panja said the truth will come out in an impartial probe.

Mamata Banerjee had lost her cool twice last month over people chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' at her motorcade. On Saturday, at least three men were killed in North 24 Parganas district in clashes between workers of the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.