Bengal BJP MLA Debendra Nath Ray found hanging in market, murder suspected

NH Bureau Monday, 13 July 2020 12:17:44 PM

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New Delhi : A Bharatiya Janata Party MLA in West Bengal was found dead with his body hanging in an open verandah outside a shop early this morning in North Dinajpur district, the party has alleged murder of the MLA.

The shop where his body was found hanging is around 1 kilometer away from his residence.

A news report claims that one of the family members had informed that some people had come at around 1 am and had taken the MLA away with them. The MLA's family has demanded a probe into his death.

The hanging body was spotted by the locals on Monday morning.

"Ray was found hanging near a shop at Hemtabad area this (Monday) morning. We have started an investigation," news agency PTI quoted a senior district police officer as saying.

Bharatiya Janata Party has criticized the act and also claimed that this is a clear case of murder. BJP chief JP Nadda tweeted on the matter.

The suspected heinous killing of Debendra Nath Ray, BJP MLA from Hemtabad in West Bengal, is extremely shocking and deplorable. This speaks of the Gunda Raj & failure of law and order in the Mamta govt. People will not forgive such a govt in the future. We strongly condemn this.
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) July 13, 2020

Debendra Nath Ray had contested and won the Hemtabad assembly segment - a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes - on a CPM ticket backed by the Congress in 2016 but had switched over to the BJP last year after the Lok Sabha election.

Hemtabad in is North Dinajpur district.