Bengal Four arrested for TMC leader's murder

    Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of TMC leader Rajjak Khan in Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Monday.
    Khan (38), a close aide of TMC leader and Canning Purba MLA Saokat Molla, was shot dead while he was returning home after attending a party meeting in Chaltaberia area on Thursday night. He was the president of TMC's Chaltaberia unit.
    A person with alleged links to the TMC, Mofazzel Molla, was arrested on Sunday in connection with the killing of Khan, a police officer said.
    Upon interrogation, he named three others, identified as Azharuddin Molla, Jahan Ali Khan and Raju Molla, who were also arrested in raids conducted in Bijayganj Bazar and Chak Maricha areas, an officer of Uttar Kashipur police station said.
    All four were part of a plan to "kill" the TMC leader, the reason behind which was yet to be known.
    "It seems that the mastermind was Azharuddin, while the other two assisted him in carrying out the crime. There could be involvement of others, and all had pre-planned the killing. They all worked in a chain. We are grilling them to find out the reason behind the crime," he said.
    The murder is being investigated jointly by a team of officers of the Anti-rowdy Section, and Special Branch of the Kolkata Police, along with officers of Uttar Kashipur Police Station under the supervision of Joint CP (Crime) Rupesh Kumar and DC Bhangar Division Saikat Ghosh.

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