CHandranath Rath, Bharatiya Janata company leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal supporter who was crack deadened in westward Bengal on Wednesday night, had gone to his home in Medinipur just hours before his murder, according to his family.He sat with his family, spoke to them, and left for Kolkata at 2 pm, said Rath's younger brother Dev Kumar.Rath's mother said that she had cooked food for him and had asked him to come back soon, to which her son replied that he was busy with the upcoming oath-taking ceremony in West Bengal.Rath was shot dead in an execution-style killing by bike-borne assailants who tailed his white SUV and shot him from close range near Doharia in Madhyamgram of North 24 Parganas.Also read: Car tailed, then execution-style killing: Shocking details in Suvendu Adhikari aide's murder‘Had no enmity with anyone’Rath's inconsolable younger brother Dev Kumar, while speaking to media, said that he had no enmity with anyone."Yesterday he was sitting with us and had spoken to us. After 2 pm, he left for Kolkata. He had no enmity with anyone..." Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. He added that whoever is behind the murder should be given “harshest punishment”.Also read: Chandranath not Suvendu Adhikari's 1st PA to die unnaturally: A 2013 flashback to Pradip Jha's death‘Was busy because of the oath-taking ceremony’Rath's mother also shared the same sentiment as her brother and demanded a life sentence for the accused and not a death sentence.She said that she will ask for justice once the new government is formed.“I am a mother who lost her son, I want those behind this to be punished. However, I am also a mother. So, I don't want the criminals to be hanged but given life imprisonment. I will ask for justice for him when the new party comes to power. He came here yesterday, and I cooked food for him. I asked him to come home. He said he was busy because of the oath-taking ceremony…” she told news agency PTI. Rath, a close aide of Suvendu Adhikari, was murdered on Wednesday night just days before new Bengal chief minister is scheduled to take oath on May 9. While it is not yet official who the Bharatiya Janata Party would pick for the top job, Adhikari is among the frontrunners for the post.Track live updates of Chandranath Rath's murder news hereIn 2026 West Bengal assembly polls, the BJP won with a landslide victory defeating Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. Adhikari himself defeated Mamata from Bhabanipur with over 15,000 votes.Rath's mother Hasirani Rath, who has also been associated with the BJP at a local level, accused the TMC for her son's murder. She alleged that TMC got her son killed because he helped Adhikari in elections.“There is definitely a political motive behind this. Suvendu Adhikari loved him like his younger brother, and he loved Suvendu Adhikari like an elder brother. I think TMC targeted him for his involvement in trying to make Suvendu Adhikari win in Bhabanipur,” she said.However, just hours after Rath's murder, Trinamool condemned the killing and called for a detailed CBI probe.The police and West Bengal's CID are probing the murder.
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