Another local leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was beaten to death allegedly by supporters of the Trinamool Congress in a village in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Sunday.
Bimal Senapati, a prominent local CPI(M) leader in the Deepagram village in Keshiary police station area was beaten up. The family members alleged that the killing was the handiwork of Trinamool Congress activists, said police sources.
According to the leadership of the Left Front, with the killing, 60 supporters and party workers have been murdered in political violence since the results of the elections to the West Bengal Assembly were announced in May last year.
“The attack on supporters of the Left parties has continued unabated. Murders including this one are taking place in broad daylight, but no action is being taken by the police,” said Surya Kanta Mishra, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.
Dr. Mishra said incidents such as this one were being “planned” and State-wide violence had been let loose by goons of the Trinamool Congress.
He also pointed out that several incidents of rapes were being reported across West Bengal. Instead of taking any action against the culprits, the government chooses to deny that they were occurring, he said.