AS THE investigation into the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari,is underway the investigators say the car used in the murder was brought from Jharkhand and money was sent online from that car,asenior police officer said on Sunday. The search for the accused is underway based on that source. However,noonehasbeenarrested yet. ASpecial Investigation Team (SIT)has been formed by the West Bengal Police to investigate Chandranath’s murder.

 

It also includes police officers from theSpecial Task Force (STF) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Intelligence department of the State police. Representatives of the investigation team have gone to Uttar Pradesh tosearch forthe accused. The investigators are hopeful that all these sources will soon lead to Chandranath’s killer and theculpritswillbecaughtquickly.Atthe same time,the police havecollected CCTV footage from the Bali toll plaza which is being examined. Since the money was paid online through UPI, efforts are beingmade tocollectmoreinformation from there.

 

According to police officers, several people arebeing questioned in connection with the murder case.Chandranath was shot dead in Madhyamgram of North 24Parganasdistricton the night of May 6. Afour-wheelercame in front of Chandranath’s car following which his car stopped. Atthat time,miscreants came riding on two bikes from both sides and fired gunshots at Chandranath and his driver due to which the personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari died on the spot. Chandranath’s driver is still in thehospital. The Bharatiya Janata Partyhas levelled allegations against the Trinamool Congress in the incident. However,Trinamool has issued a statement condemning the incident and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation under the supervision of the court. According to the police, the plan to killChandranath had been hatched at least amonth and ahalf ago. Itisbeingseenwhocouldhave had areason to kill him at that time,andwhetherChandranath had aquarrel with anyone. The police confiscated the car used in the murder on the day of the incident.