2 SUCI activists hacked to death

activists were hacked to death in Kultali area of South 24 Parganas district today.

The police said Haridas Mondal (26) and Rampada Sarkar (50), residents Jalaberia, were going to Diamond Harbour.

When they were on a three-wheeler van, a group of assailants came and hacked them to death.

The party alleged that the two were killed by killers hired by CPI(M), which denied the charge.

An FIR lodged in this regard named altogether 24 persons to be behind the double murder.

The SUCI(Communist) called a 12-hour bandh in Kultali tomorrow.

A police picket was posted in the area where tension prevailed.