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Three suspects successful the murder of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s idiosyncratic assistant, Chandranath Rath, have been arrested by the State constabulary from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. A squad of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had already headed to the 2 States for further investigation. The arrested person been sent to a 13-day constabulary custody.
“The 3 accused were brought to West Bengal and produced earlier the Barasat tribunal successful North 24 Paraganas territory connected Monday. They were remanded to 13-day constabulary custody,” a elder serviceman said. The Barasat tribunal asked the constabulary to nutrient them again connected May 24, helium said.
Three suspected killers were arrested by the Madhyamgram Police connected May 10, 2026 after officers acted based on specific leads. The constabulary were capable to way a UPI outgo made by the suspects astatine a toll booth adjacent Kolkata.
“Three suspects person truthful acold been arrested successful narration to the gruesome execution of Chandranath Rath connected 6.5.26 at Madhyamgram,” an authoritative connection from the West Bengal constabulary said connected Monday (May 11) morning.
Based connected inputs, Mayank Raj Mishra and Vicky Maurya were detained from Buxar successful Bihar and the 3rd suspect, Raj Singh was detained from Ballia successful Uttar Pradesh. All 3 faced interrogation and were subsequently arrested by the officers of Madhyamgram Police Station.
Cases person been registered nether conception 103(1) (murder), section 111(2)(a) (organised crime), section 126(2) (wrongful restraint), section 3(5) (criminal enactment done by a group) and section 61(1) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanghita and sections 25/27 of the Arms Act for wrongful possession of arms.
The 3 accused suspects were produced astatine the Barasat territory tribunal connected Monday (May 11). The tribunal has sent each 3 to 13-day constabulary custody for further interrogation and investigation.
Police judge that determination are much radical progressive successful the execution and that this killing was the enactment of trained assassins who had planned the enactment beforehand.
The gruesome execution which led to overmuch governmental statement occurred connected May 6, 2 days after Mr Adhikari and the Bharatiya Janta Party came to powerfulness successful West Bengal for the archetypal clip with thumping majority.
Rath was changeable 3 times at point-blank scope astir 10pm on May 6, and was declared dormant aft reaching a adjacent hospital.
Police seized 1 car and 1 motorcycle with fake fig plates which were utilized during the crime. One much two-wheeler has besides been seized by the police.
In the matter, Mr. Adhikari has said that Rath, his close aide was murdered successful acold humor due to the fact that helium was associated with Mr Adhikari. “If helium was not my adjutant oregon I did not decision [outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee] in Bhabanipur, possibly they would not person targeted Rath,” Mr Adhikari claimed.
However, helium did not straight blasted the Trinamool Congress oregon immoderate different leaders of the enactment and said that the probe was going successful the close direction.
TMC was besides speedy to condemn the enactment connected May 6 nighttime and asked for a court-monitored CBI probe into the crime.
Rath’s grieving parent told reporters that this was a revenge sidesplitting due to the fact that her lad worked for the BJP.
(With PTI inputs)
