On Thursday evening, the victim went missing, following which his parents received a call from an unidentified person demanding a ransom of Rs 5 lakh. (Representational)
Following the recovery of the body of a BJP booth president on Sunday, the BJP has alleged that the “attacks” on its workers are a sign of a “ruling party in panic trying to hold on to power”.
Police Sunday found the body of Ramnagar Assembly Constituency booth president Madhu Deb, who plied an auto-rickshaw, hanging from a tree. Deb had been missing for the past three days. “ This is the 12th such murder of a BJP worker in the past six months. This shows us that the ruling party is nervous and has taken to attacking our workers,” alleged BJP spokesman Mrinal Kanti Deb.
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Agartala: Narayan Debbarma, sitting MLA from reserved ST constituency Charilam and CPM candidate for the upcoming polls, died of a cardiac arrest on Sunday. The election in this constituency will be postponed.
