18-year BJP worker found hanging in Bengal’s Purulia

“You deserve to die for doing politics and working for BJP at this young age” was written on the white T-shirt that he was wearing, the police said.

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Trilochan Mahato (18), a BJP worker and son of BJP’s Dalit leader Pano Mahato of Balarampur block in Purulia, was found hanging from a tree.
NEW DELHI: Trilochan Mahato (18), a BJP worker and son of BJP’s Dalit leader Pano Mahato of Balarampur block in Purulia, was found hanging from a tree some 200 m away from their house, Bengal Police has said.

“You deserve to die for doing politics and working for BJP at this young age” was written on the white T-shirt that he was wearing, the police said. A poster, as per the police, near the victim’s body read: “You have been working for BJP at this age. We have been trying to kill you since elections and today we killed you.” In the recent panchayat polls, BJP won all the 7 panchayats in Balarampur block, a Trinamool stronghold.

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