TMC leader, wife, daughter killed in Bengal’s Cooch Behar district: Police
Hindustan TimesIn West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Friday, Bimal Kumar Barman, 68, president of the Trinamool Congress’ SC/ST, his wife Neelima Barman, 52, a panchayat-level leader and their 24-year-old daughter Runa Barman were allegedly hacked to death in their house, while the couple’s younger daughter Iti, 22, is battling for her life in the hospital, police said. Police said they have arrested three people in connection with the alleged murder A senior police officer of Cooch Behar said that they have arrested three people in connection with the murder and an investigation into the matter has been launched. “Preliminary investigations suggest that it was a love affair that went wrong,” said a senior police officer of Cooch Behar. A political connection can’t be ruled out as the husband and wife were both TMC leaders,” said Partha Pratim Roy, former TMC MP from Cooch Behar.