On Monday morning, BJP MLA Debendra Nath Ray’s body was found hanging in Bindal near his village home. Debendra Nath Ray is BJP MLA from West Bengal’s Hemtabad, a reserved seat, in Uttar Dinajpur.
It is reported that after the BJP MLA succumbed to death, people swarmed in numbers and social distancing norms went for a toss in the West Bengal village of Baliyadighi.
However, the West Bengal unit of the BJP has alleged that Ray was murdered and hanged outside his home, as reported by news agency ANI. The body has been taken for post mortem.
Body of Debendra Nath Ray, BJP MLA from Hemtabad, a reserved seat, in Uttar Dinajpur, was found hanging in Bindal near his village home. People are of the clear opinion that he was first killed and then hung: BJP West Bengal
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2020
“People killed him, he was found hanging. There was enmity, he was called at 1:30 am from the house. He was at home. I think he was killed. We don’t know who called him. We want the perpetrators to be hung. He was called before, but this time they killed him,” said Prati Burman, Ray’s daughter in law.
