Overview
- Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was killed near Madhyamgram late Wednesday after motorcycle riders intercepted his SUV and fired at close range, wounding his driver.
- Investigators seized a small car believed to have blocked Rath’s vehicle, found its number plate was fake, and recovered live and spent cartridges while scanning CCTV from Jessore Road and nearby lanes.
- Senior officers said early forensic inputs suggest a contract-style attack, with precision firing and possible use of Glock pistols, and no arrests had been announced in the case by Thursday.
- BJP leaders called the shooting a targeted assassination and blamed the TMC, while the Trinamool Congress condemned the killing and demanded a court‑monitored CBI probe.
- Police expanded deployments across Kolkata and the suburbs, reporting more than 1,500 arrests since Monday’s election results in a state already tense after the BJP ended the TMC’s 15-year rule.