The mysterious death of a BJP youth wing leader Arjun Chowrasia on Friday triggered a fresh row in West Bengal with Union Home Minister Amit Shah visiting the residence of the deceased, terming it a political murder and saying that the party would demand a CBI probe into the matter. Mr. Shah, who was on a two-day trip to West Bengal, said the Home Ministry had a sought a report from the West Bengal government on the incident.
Mr. Chowrasia, 27, vice-president of the BJP’s youth wing of north Kolkata, was found hanging in an abandoned railway quarters at Cossipur in north Kolkata during the early hours of the day. BJP leaders alleged it was a murder and accused Trinamool Congress supporters of committing the crime. Tension prevailed in the Cossipur area, and supporters of the BJP and the Trinamool came face-to-face. The BJP supporters got into a scuffle with the police and it took several hours for the police to retrieve the body and send it for post-mortem. According to BJP leaders, when the body was found, the feet were touching the ground and it could not be suicide.
