A 30-year-old youth was hacked to death allegedly by his brother at Kotwali, located under Englishbazar police station of Malda district, on Sunday night.
Sources said Ranjit attacked Mithun Choudhury with a sharp weapon during an altercation over a family issue. “Ranjit hacked Mithun repeatedly and he died on the spot. Ranjit is absconding,” said a source. Police have recovered the body and are in search of the accused.
In another incident, a Trinamul supporter died in Cooch Behar district late on Sunday night.
Sumit Kumar, SP, Cooch Behar, said Osman Ali Mandal was injured in a clash between two factions of Trinamul in Natabari early on Sunday. “Seven others have also been injured in the clash. The police have registered a case and 10 persons have been arrested so far for perpetrating violence.”
In Natabari, two lobbies which are close to party leaders Rabindranath Ghosh and Parthapratim Roy often indulge in violence to gain control over the area.
“District party leaders will have to take steps to end the internal strife which is causing loss of lives,” said Khokan Mian, a district Trinamul leader.
