Sikander Khan, a sales space convenor of the Trinamool Congress, was shot useless in Chakai village of the Sonamukhi space in Bankura district within the late hours of Monday (August 11, 2025) whereas he was reportedly returning residence on his bike.
“I would like the culprits to be punished. They deliberate and killed him as a result of they wished him faraway from his submit. He was not able to resign from his submit underneath any circumstances… They have been additionally disputing the funds that my husband had obtained for the event of the realm,” a bereaved relative of the deceased Trinamool chief advised native press individuals, accusing an area and his son of committing the crime.
This is the tenth Trinamool functionary to have been killed within the State within the final two months, a 12 months earlier than the Assembly elections are to be performed in West Bengal.
Two days in the past, at round 3 p.m. on August 9, a Trinamool Congress youth chief and son of the panchayat chief, Amar Roy, was additionally shot useless within the crowded Dodairhaat market within the Cooch Behar district by two miscreants on a motorcycle.
“It is unclear if this was carried out by the Opposition celebration, or whether or not it was a results of a business-related feud. We are virtually sure it wasn’t attributable to an intra-party feud, however we’re wanting into whether or not one thing was brewing among the many lowermost cadre,” Trinamool chief and former MP Partha Pratim Ray advised The Hindu.
He added that the deceased was concerned in a number of companies.
“The police are investigating his dying. Around 5 to 6 individuals have been detained. We are uncertain of the motive behind his homicide, however it appears the 2 assailants have been employed. We are but to search out out who the mastermind was. It occurred very publicly, Dodairhat market is fashionable and attracts heavy footfall,” Mr Ray stated.
Published – August 13, 2025 06:33 am IST
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