A businessman and BJP leader was allegedly shot dead in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday evening, police said. Raju Jha, the Durgapur-based businessman, was on the way to Kolkata when he was attacked outside a sweet shop in Amra in Shaktigarh police station area, they said. Two persons arrived in a car when Jha was waiting in his SUV outside the shop. While
Raju Jha who was also a businessman joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls in West Bengal. Several cases have been filed against Jha and he was also accused of operating an illegal coal business in Silpanchal., India News, Times Now
The incident happened near a popular sweetmeat outlet at Saktigarh in East Burdwan when unidentified assailants opened fire on National Highway-19. Another person was injured in the attack.