Amit Shah meets family of BJPYM worker Arjun Chowrasia, calls for CBI probe into his death

The Union Home Minister also called for a CBI probe into Chowrasia's death.

KOLKATA: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday arrived in Kashipur and met the family members of BJYM leader Arjun Chowrasia, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances earlier this morning.

Assuring his family of a speedy probe, the Union Home Minister said, “We will ensure that those behind the murder of Arjun Chowrasia are punished.”

West Bengal | Union Home Minister Amit Shah today met the family of BJYM leader Arjun Chowrasia, in Kashipur

MHA has taken cognizance of the "murder" of the BJYM leader and has sought a report from the West Bengal government. pic.twitter.com/VnD8OYoMta

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Expressing shock over the alleged murder, Amit Shah said that the “Union Home Ministry is taking serious note of Chowrasia's death and has sought a report regarding it.”

Demanding a CBI probe into the death of BJYM worker Arjun Chowrasia in Kolkata's Kashipur, Amit Shah on Friday said a "culture of violence and a fear psychosis was prevalent in Bengal."

Slamming the Mamata Banerjee government and her Trinamool Congress party, Shah said, “No matter where I go in Bengal, I get reports of political violence, revenge attacks.

Arjun Chowrasia, 27, ä BJP worker was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kolkata on Friday morning, hours before Amit Shah`s visit to the city. 

Bharatiya Janata Party unit in West Bengal alleged that deceased Chowrasia who was Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Mondal Vice-President, North Kolkata was brutally slaughtered and hanged. 

Speaking to ANI after gathering information about the incident, BJP Vice-President Dilip Ghosh said, "This (BJYM worker`s murder) is a pre-planned strategy to disturb and threaten our workers. Our worker Abhijit was killed on May 2 last year and 60 murders took place since then. Nobody has been punished, no chargesheet has been filed...It can`t be solved without CBI."

Following the mysterious death of a BJP worker in Kolkata today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah cancelled all welcome events planned for him in the city. 

Notably, this is Shah`s first visit to West Bengal after BJP lost the State Assembly polls in 2021. The Bengal police said an investigation into the death had started.

Police officers faced protests from BJP activists at the spot as they tried to take away the body. Later a large police contingent was rushed to the spot to control the situation and it took away the body to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital for post mortem.