BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday described the gunning down of his close aideChandranath Rathas a "cold-blooded murder" and alleged that the killing was the result of 15 years of TMC's 'Mahajungle raj' in the state.
Adhikari said preliminary investigations have found that the killers had conducted a recce before carrying out the attack in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
Adhikari, who reached the hospital around midnight, described the killing as "heart-wrenching" and alleged that the assailants had conducted a recce before carrying out the attack.
"This is a cold-blooded murder. The DGP has assured that they will investigate the matter," he said.
"The way the attack was executed clearly suggests that the assailants had done a recce beforehand," the BJP leader alleged.
Adhikari, however, stopped short of directly naming any organisation behind the attack and appealed to party workers not to take the law into their own hands.
"We don't want to draw any conclusion as of now, as the police are investigating the matter," he said.
Launching a sharp attack on the outgoing TMC government, Adhikari termed the prevailing situation in Bengal "Mahajungle Raj". "This is the result of 15 years of Mahajungle Raj in Bengal," he alleged.
Adhikari asserted that strict action would be taken against criminals after the BJP formed the government in the state.
"When the BJP government takes charge, we will start the job of cleaning up these criminals," he said.
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