Overview
- A local BJP booth president, Chandan Balla of Booth 202 in Ward 11, was intercepted outside his home and shot in the head by attackers who rushed him to Bolpur Subdistrict Hospital where he was declared dead.
- The shooting occurred in the Milpatti/Motipukur rice mill area in Ward 12 after Balla was called out of his house, according to family members and local reports.
- Witnesses said two masked youths on a motorcycle carried out the attack and fled the scene at high speed, and the perpetrators remain unidentified and at large.
- Birbhum police have filed a case, deployed senior district officers to the site, begun scanning CCTV footage and are questioning locals as part of an active investigation.
- Balla’s family and local BJP leaders allege the killing was politically motivated and large police deployments were sent to the town to prevent clashes and public unrest while investigators hunt for suspects.