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India News | BJP Worker Found Dead in West Bengal's Coochbehar

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found dead in the Tufanganj area of Coochbehar district on Wednesday.

India News | BJP Worker Found Dead in West Bengal's Coochbehar

Coochbehar (West Bengal) [India], November 18 (ANI): A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found dead in the Tufanganj area of Coochbehar district on Wednesday.

The family of the deceased alleged that he was killed by Trinamool Congress-backed goons.

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"We have detained one person. There is no political angle in the case," Superintendent of Police (SP) K Kannan told media.

The deceased was BJP's 198 Nakkatigach booth president, Kala Chand Karmakar aged 55 years.

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He was a resident of the Nakkatigach area of Tufangang in Coochbehar district. The Coochbehar BJP has called 12 hours bandh in protest of the alleged killing and demanded justice to the family of the deceased. (ANI)

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