Kolkata: Satyajit Biswas, MLA, Krishnagunj was shot dead on Saturday night while he was attending a Saraswati Puja inauguration ceremony at Majdia, Nadia. The TMC leadership has alleged BJP's involvement behind the murder.
According to locals, at around 8:30 pm on Saturday, Biswas went to inaugurate a Saraswati Puja at Fulbari in Majdia. After lighting the lamp as part of the formal inauguration, he went to the dais. Minister Ratna Ghosh was also present at the event.
After completion of the inaugural programme, he disembarked from the dais and sat on a chair in front of the Puja pandal. All of a sudden some unidentified miscreants fired bullets from point-blank range aiming his head and fled the spot. Bullets pierced into his head and Biswas fell on the ground, bleeding profusely. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee has condemned the incident and stated: "There is a traitor who has joined the BJP. He is doing all this. Biswas was a very popular leader."
Anubrata Mondal, who is in-charge of Nadia district Trinamool Congress, said: "BJP is behind this murder." District Trinamool president Gourishankar Dutta added that after Mukul Roy joined the BJP, Biswas won the election with a huge margin. Since then, the BJP had been trying to create an unstable situation in the district.
"On a personal level he was like a son to me, he had recently got married. He was also a part of Matua Sangha and BJP were not able to attract Matua voters because of him. We will not let his death go in vain," Dutta added.
After the incident, huge police force along with senior officials have rushed to the spot. Sleuths suspect that the whole operation of murdering Biswas was pre-planned. According to police officials, as there was a huge gathering, it could not be carried out without proper plan and precision. It is also suspected that the accused persons were keeping a strict vigil on the TMC leader's movement and were aware of his daily schedule.
Sources informed that after firing, the miscreants abandoned a one-shoter firearm which is suspected to be used in the murder. Police have seized it.