Man arrested for Suvendu aide’s killing had political ambitions, flaunted photos with local leaders | Lucknow News
3 min readLucknowMay 13, 2026 01:34 AM IST Raj Singh, one of three men arrested in connection with the murder of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath, frequently projected his links with political figures on social media and harboured political ambitions himself. On his Facebook page, for instance, he described himself as the state general secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha and shared photographs with several politicians, including one purportedly with Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Daya Shankar Singh on October 4 last year. On Monday, the 25-year-old from Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia was arrested by the West Bengal CID and Madhyamgram police. Investigators suspect he and two others were out-of-state hitmen hired to carry out Rath’s killing, though who commissioned the hit and why is still under investigation. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) officials inspect the crime scene where West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath was allegedly shot dead, in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas district, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (PTI Photo) …



