Overview

• Rajib Biswas, a BJP booth president in Baruipur, was attacked with bamboo poles and stabbed on August 8 and died in hospital the next day.
• Police said prima facie evidence points to a domestic dispute and announced the arrests of Biswas’s father and brother.
• BJP leader Sankudeb Panda alleged TMC supporters assaulted Biswas and set him ablaze after an altercation over political flags.
• The BJP released a video it says shows the assault, though news agencies reported they could not independently verify the footage.
• A local TMC councillor denied any party role and accused the BJP of politicizing the case as the party demanded a central agency probe.