KOLKATA: Senior BJP leader
Debendra Nath Ray
was found hanging near his home in Hemtabad area of North Dinajpur district on Monday morning, police sources said.
Ray had contested and won the Hemtabad assembly segment — a reserved seat for
Scheduled Castes
— on a CPM ticket but had switched over to the BJP last year after the Lok Sabha polls. He, however, did not resign as CPM legislator in the state assembly.
“Ray was found hanging near a shop at Hemtabad area this (Monday) morning. We have started investigation. A forensic team has reached the spot and his body has been sent for the post-mortem,” a senior district police officer said.
The BJP leader’s family has demanded a CBI inquir