The BJP accused that recent violence in Beldanga, a minority-dominated area in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, was incited deliberately by misrepresenting a local migrant worker’s suicide in Jharkhand as a murder. Amit Malviya, BJP IT Cell chief, referred to the post-mortem report of Alauddin Sheikh from Jharkhand Police, confirming the death as suicide. The unrest in Beldanga over two days was triggered by unverified claims of murder circulating aggressively without factual verification.
Quoting the post-mortem report, Malviya highlighted that the cause of death was determined as ante-mortem hanging, with no signs of assault. The findings were validated by Palamu district Superintendent of Police Reshma Ramesan and local media in Jharkhand. Despite this, a coercive narrative alleging murder dominated Beldanga, according to Malviya’s statement on social media.
Malviya further stated that none of Alauddin Sheikh’s fellow migrant workers in Jharkhand had accused any murder conspiracy in their statements to a special team from Beldanga Police Station. He questioned the motives behind the unrest, pointing towards political agendas and the manipulation of facts for vote-bank politics.
