<p>Amid the violence in the run up to the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, the body of a BJP candidate's brother-in-law was found in Cooch Behar district.</p>.<p>Sambhu Das, aged around 30 years, was called outside his home by unidentified youths on Saturday night, police said. Hours later his body with stab wounds was found near a pond.</p>.<p>BJP leader Ajoy Roy alleged that Das, who had supported the name of Bisakha Das as a BJP gram panchayat candidate from Dasgram area in Dinhata, was murdered by Trinamool supporters.</p>.<p>Denying Roy’s claim, West Bengal minister and Trinamool’s Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha said the party had no role in the incident and Das was not a political activist.</p>.<p>"Das was killed due to a personal feud. The BJP gives a political twist to every crime in West Bengal and links it with the panchayat polls," he told reporters.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/raj-bhavan-in-kolkata-opens-peace-room-1228725.html" target="_blank">Raj Bhavan in Kolkata opens 'Peace Room'</a></strong></p>.<p>In Malda district, Trianmool candidate Mustafa Sheikh was fatally attacked by miscreants in Sujapur area, police said. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead, police added.</p>.<p>According to state minister Sabina Yeasmin, former TMC activists who had joined the Congress after being denied tickets, were behind the attack on Sheikh.</p>.<p>Widespread violence over the filing of nominations for the three-tier panchayat polls has left at least seven people dead and several injured in various parts of the state.</p>
<p>Amid the violence in the run up to the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, the body of a BJP candidate's brother-in-law was found in Cooch Behar district.</p>.<p>Sambhu Das, aged around 30 years, was called outside his home by unidentified youths on Saturday night, police said. Hours later his body with stab wounds was found near a pond.</p>.<p>BJP leader Ajoy Roy alleged that Das, who had supported the name of Bisakha Das as a BJP gram panchayat candidate from Dasgram area in Dinhata, was murdered by Trinamool supporters.</p>.<p>Denying Roy’s claim, West Bengal minister and Trinamool’s Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha said the party had no role in the incident and Das was not a political activist.</p>.<p>"Das was killed due to a personal feud. The BJP gives a political twist to every crime in West Bengal and links it with the panchayat polls," he told reporters.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/raj-bhavan-in-kolkata-opens-peace-room-1228725.html" target="_blank">Raj Bhavan in Kolkata opens 'Peace Room'</a></strong></p>.<p>In Malda district, Trianmool candidate Mustafa Sheikh was fatally attacked by miscreants in Sujapur area, police said. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead, police added.</p>.<p>According to state minister Sabina Yeasmin, former TMC activists who had joined the Congress after being denied tickets, were behind the attack on Sheikh.</p>.<p>Widespread violence over the filing of nominations for the three-tier panchayat polls has left at least seven people dead and several injured in various parts of the state.</p>