Amid the election campaign in Bengal, violence and murders are seen on a row. A local BJP leader on Wednesday was found hanging in the ground floor corridor of a veterinary hospital triggering protests across Coochbehar district in poll-bound West Bengal, police said.

BJP Dinhata Town Mandal president Amit Sarkar did not return to his home on Tuesday night and his body was found hanging outside the balcony of Dinhata Animal Hospital on Wednesday morning, the police said. The local BJP claimed that TMC was behind the killing.

The BJP workers staged agitations by burning tyres, blocking roads, and vandalizing a number of TMC party offices in the area.

When the police tried to disperse the agitators and take the body for post mortem, they clashed with the saffron party workers.

Local TMC MLA Udayan Guha staged a dharna outside the local police station to protest against the attacks on the party’s offices.

A huge police contingent and rapid action force (RAF) were sent to the spot to control the situation Central Armed Paramilitary Forces and the police have been deployed in various parts of Dinhata town to maintain peace in the area, officials said.

TMC leader Rabindranath Ghosh denied the allegations as baseless.

“The allegations are baseless and politically motivated to malign us,” the north Bengal development minister said.

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