Senior BJP leader found hanging,dies

Kolkata : A senior BJP leader Debendra Nath Ray was found hanging near his home in Hemtabad area of North Dinajpur district on Monday morning, said police sources.

The suspected heinous killing of Debendra Nath Ray, BJP MLA from Hemtabad in West Bengal, is extremely shocking and deplorable. This speaks of the Gunda Raj & failure of law and order in the Mamta govt. People will not forgive such a govt in the future. We strongly condemn this.

— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) July 13, 2020

Ray had contested and won the Hemtabad assembly segment a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes on a CPM ticket but had switched over to the BJP last year after the Lok Sabha polls.