Overview

• Pintu Chakraborty was attacked near the Kanaipur autorickshaw stand in Hooghly district on Wednesday evening and later died at SSKM hospital in Kolkata.
• Eyewitnesses reported that a group of unidentified men struck him multiple times with sharp objects before fleeing the scene.
• Kolkata Police say they have launched a formal murder probe but have not yet made any arrests.
• State Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty, a close friend of the deceased, visited the hospital and called for swift apprehension of the culprits.
• The killing is the latest in a wave of targeted attacks on TMC members since late 2024, fueling allegations of internal party feuds and heightened pre-election tensions.