Kolkata, May 7 -- Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday alleged that the murder of his close aide Chandranath Rath was politically motivated and claimed that he was targeted solely for being associated with the BJP leader.
Speaking at the Barasat Medical College and Hospital premises, where Rath's body was kept after post-mortem, Adhikari described the killing as a "personal loss" and demanded exemplary punishment for all those involved in the crime.
"A young, educated and innocent man has been murdered only because he was an aide to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and because Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur," Adhikari told reporters.
He further claimed that Rath had no criminal background and was not ...