Chandranath Rath was a close aide to Suvendu Adhikari, the West Bengal BJP chief tipped to become the next state chief minister
Chandranath Rath, 41, a close aide of West Bengal’s BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead late on Wednesday near his home in Kolkata.
Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, now tipped to become the state chief minister, called it “cold-blooded murder”.
Motorbikes blocked Rath’s vehicle, before the attackers opened fire in a barrage of around a dozen shots, hitting him multiple times in the heart.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
