India, May 7 -- BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari termed the killing of his close aide and PA Chandranath Rath a 'cold-blooded murder', further alleging that the attackers had pre-planned before carrying out the shooting in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. This came as Rath was fatally shot in Madhyamgram's Doltala area by motorcycle-borne assailants, who tailed his vehicle, forced it to stop and opened fire before fleeing.

Speaking outside the hospital where Rath was taken after the attack, Adhikari described the incident as deeply disturbing. "The incident is heart-wrenching; we condemn the incident."

He added that the Director General of Police Siddhnath Gupta had assured him that authorities would conduct a detailed probe into th...