India, May 7 -- An already-tense West Bengal has been pushed further to the brink after the late-night murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath triggered panic, fury, and massive security deployment across Kolkata and surrounding districts.

The killing comes just days after the BJP crushed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in one of Bengal's most bitterly fought assembly elections, winning 207 out of 294 seats in outgoing chief minister Mamata Banerjee's bastion - a result that has already plunged the state into political unrest. Track latest news from West Bengal here

According to details that have emerged so far, Chandranath Rath - a former Indian Air Force employee - lost life in an exec...