Eyewitness recounts brutal killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari aide Chandranath Rath, describes attackers firing at his car and fleeing, leaving Rath bleeding heavily
An eyewitness who saw the brutal killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath on Wednesday night shared chilling details of the murder.
An eyewitness who saw the brutal killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath on Wednesday night shared chilling details of the murder.
Speaking to CNN-News18, an eyewitness said that he saw a white Scorpio car parked on the road, and driving inside the car was sobbing and saying, “Sir, what has happened to you!”
“When we reached there, he told us that some people had shot them and fled,” an eyewitness said, adding that “we saw that a person on the other seat was in a blood-soaked condition, and blood was gushing out from his chest with faint sounds coming from his mouth.”
‘Chest Covered In Blood’: Eyewitness Shares Chilling Details Of Suvendu Aide’s Murder
“At that time, he was alive but was not in a condition to speak,” the witness said, adding, “His chest was completely covered in blood. We told the driver to take him to the hospital immediately while we called the police. Two people had been shot in the incident.”
“The driver left for the hospital with them, and after they left, we called the police and informed them about the incident,” the eyewitness added.
How The Attack Unfolded
According to preliminary information accessed by CNN-News18, Chandranath Rath was returning to his residence in Madhyamgram late Wednesday night when the attack took place.
Sources said Rath’s Scorpio was approaching his residence and was roughly 200 metres away from the spot when another car allegedly intercepted the vehicle.
As the Scorpio slowed down, multiple assailants arriving on motorcycles allegedly opened fire at close range before fleeing the scene.
Police sources told News18 the attack appeared to have been carefully planned.
Investigators suspect at least eight assailants travelling on four motorcycles were involved in the shooting. All of them were allegedly wearing helmets.
Investigators are also probing the role of a car bearing a Siliguri registration code (WB 74), which allegedly intercepted Rath’s vehicle moments before the firing. Later, West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta said investigators suspect the car carried a fake number plate.
Soon after the firing, Rath and his driver, Buddhadev Bera, were rushed to a hospital in Madhyamgram.
Hospital head Pratim Sengupta said Rath sustained two bullet injuries on the left side of his chest and was brought dead.
“He could not be revived even with CPR,” Sengupta said.
Bera, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the attack, sustained three bullet injuries — one on the right side of his chest, another in the abdomen and one in his right hand. He was later shifted to Apollo Multispeciality Hospital in Kolkata for surgery and remains conscious, hospital sources said.
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