Overview
- The attack on Congress leader Anisur Rahman and his son Abu Sufiyan occurred late on Saturday night when unknown assailants fired on their car near the Nagadi/Nakashipara railway gate, dragged them out, and fatally hacked them.
- Police initially arrested three people, produced them in Krishnanagar court and won nine days of police custody, and later arrested two more suspects to bring the total held to five while forensic teams examined the crime scene.
- Investigators are pursuing competing lines of inquiry: family and party sources say jailed local strongman Jubbar Sheikh ordered the killing, while police are also probing a possible motive linked to a 10‑bigha land dispute valued locally at about Rs 100 crore.
- The killings prompted the West Bengal Congress to observe a statewide 'Black Day' and intensified public scrutiny of local law enforcement, with opposition leaders demanding an impartial, speedy investigation and exemplary punishment.
- Local reporting and officials note that control of panchayat posts and valuable land near NH‑12 have long been a source of local conflict, a context that helps explain why the case has rapidly become a charged political and criminal probe.