Overview

• Pintu Chakraborty, a Trinamool Congress panchayat member and local business leader, was attacked by a group wielding sharp weapons as he returned home on Wednesday evening.
• He was initially taken to a local clinic and later transferred to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, where doctors declared him dead from multiple stab wounds.
• Hooghly police say CCTV footage shows suspects conversing with the assailants minutes before the attack and investigators are working to identify four potential persons of interest.
• State Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty visited the hospital and called for swift arrests while acknowledging uncertainty over the motive for the killing.
• Opposition leaders have pointed to an internal Trinamool Congress rivalry as a possible driver of the recent wave of targeted political violence ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.