Body of BJP worker found hanging

The body of an elderly BJP worker was found hanging inside his house in West Bengal’s Malda district on Sunday morning, triggering protests among a section of villagers who accused local Trinamool Congress leaders of abetment. Police said the body of 62-year-old Buran Murmu was found hanging inside his room at Bamangola, adding that he lived in the same house with his son and daughter-in-law. Murmu’s daughter-in-law had contested the recent panchayat elections on a TMC ticket but lost to the BJP, following which Buran was assaulted by his son and other Trinamool supporters, the protesters alleged. Police said Murmu’s son Biplab will be interrogated.