Kolkata, June 17 -- An elderly Muslim man was declared dead on arrival at a hospital after being attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Hooghly district of West Bengal over suspicion of being a Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporter.

The family of the 71-year-old deceased, Sheikh Shah Alam, denied any association with the party and alleged that the BJP workers murdered him. The incident occurred on Monday, June 15, in Kelepara village under Purshura police station limits.

A group of seven or eight BJP workers allegedly gathered outside Alam's house on Monday afternoon and asked him to come out, said the family and local residents. According to his family, the mob immediately surrounded Alam when he stepped out after hearing the...