Police officials said the attackers appeared to have carried out the murder in a planned manner. A senior officer said, “It’s a planned murder. Because after he shot Rath, the killer waited for him to die.”
Piyali said her husband even tried to calm the situation by mentioning that he would call a local Congress leader, Prasenjit Puitandy, who is also the secretary of their housing society.
Numerous horror stories of assaults, killings and rapes emerged from across the state after the results of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections were announced.