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NDTV
02-08-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
On Camera, Trinamool Leader On Bike Hacked To Death With Sickle In Bengal
A Trinamool Congress panchayat-level leader was killed in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Wednesday and CCTV footage has now emerged showing that he was brutally hacked to death. In the footage, Pintu Chakraborty, a panchayat committee member and businessman, can be seen getting on his bike at an intersection, when two men, who appear to have been waiting nearby, approach him. The men pull out sickles from a bag and one of them attacks Chakraborty from behind. The man hits Chakraborty near the neck with the weapon thrice and he and the two-wheeler both hit the ground. As Chakraborty raises his hands to shield himself, the man keeps hacking away at his neck area. Two other man step out and that's when the attacker stops and begins to walk away while pointing a weapon at them. Chakraborty, who had been lying in a pool of blood, can then be seen sitting up and holding his head as the other two men step forward to help. Police said the Trinamool Congress leader was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. On Saturday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Chandannagar) Arnab Biswas said three people linked to the murders have been arrested so far. He said witnesses have confirmed their involvement. The police have also ruled out a political angle to the murder and said local strongman Bishwanath Das had a dispute with Chakraborty over property. Mr Biswas said Das hired two contract killers from North 24 Paraganas to kill the Trinamool Congress leader and paid them Rs 3 lakh.
United News of India
31-07-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
TMC Leader Pintu Chakraborty hacked to death in Hooghly
Kolkata, July 31 (UNI) In a shocking and brazen attack, another Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Pintu Chakraborty, alias Pintu, was brutally hacked to death by two unidentified assailants in a crowded market area in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police confirmed today. Chakraborty, a businessman and a member of the TMC-led Kanaipur Panchayat Committee in Konnagar, was attacked with sharp weapons on Tuesday (July 29) near an auto stand in the market after he closed his gas agency shop and was on his way to attend a party meeting, according to TMC sources. He was rushed to a nearby local hospital and later shifted to Kolkata's SSKM Hospital, where he succumbed to multiple grievous injuries. Konnagar is located approximately 23 kilometers north of Kolkata. With the latest killing of TMC Panchayat member, a total of six leaders from the ruling party were murdered at different parts of the state in this current month. The political killings happened in South 24 Parganas, Birbhum,Murshidabad and several other places. The string of killings comes amid rising political tension ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, expected in eight to nine months. Police have launched an investigation and said efforts are underway to identify and apprehend the perpetrators. UNI PC AAB
