TMC Worker Found Dead Inside A Vehicle

Kolkata:  A 30-year-old man Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was found dead inside a goods vehicle in the Maniktala area of the city on Wednesday.

The youth has been identified as Kanhaia Sahoo. Local people of Muraripukur discovered his body in a sitting-position on the front seat of the car at around 11am.

A senior officer of police said: “The person was hit by a bullet on the left side of his chest. We have also recovered a pistol from near his feet inside the car. The bullet was fired from a very close range. It has pierced the person's chest and gone out through his back.”

The postmortem report revealed that Sahoo died between 3.30am and 4am. Primary investigation revealed that Sahoo was busy painting the walls for TMC for the upcoming Assembly polls till 1.30am.  The senior officer also said: “We have spoken to those who were with him in the wall painting and found that Sahoo had received a call on his mobile and had a very agitating conversation. We're going through the call list of his phone.”

The victim used to drive the goods vehicle from which the body was found, the officer said adding that police were also speaking to the goods carriage owner in connection with the incident.

This news comes in line with the recent controversy that the party is already facing. TMC on Friday ruled out any probe into the Narada News sting video, saying it "does not believe it" even as the leader of the opposition Surjya Kanta Mishra wondered what was stopping Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from examining the footage.