India, May 7 -- Following the murder of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath, party leaders on Thursday remembered him as a "completely apolitical" and dependable figure who had long worked closely with the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal.

Reacting to the incident, BJP leader Agnimitra Paul said Rath was known within the party as "Mr Dependable".

"I got the news, Chandra, who looked after all the works of our LoP in the Assembly, like Mr Dependable, he was completely apolotical, he was coming from Nizam Palace, he was fired upon 4-5 bullets, police will investigate," Paul said, as reported by news agency PTI. Follow West Bengal news live updates.

Rath, who had worked closely with Suvendu Adhikari for pa...