Madhyagram: The brutal assassination of Chandranath Rath, the trusted personal assistant to senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, has sent shockwaves across West Bengal. However, fresh eyewitness accounts have now revealed a deeply tragic detail: Rath did not die instantly. He was still alive and breathing in the immediate aftermath of the point-blank shooting.
The terrifying ambush unfolded late at night near Doharia in Madhyamgram. According to a harrowing account shared by a local resident who rushed to the spot after hearing the deafening gunshots, the assailants had already fled by the time help arrived. What the locals found was a blood-soaked SUV and a heavily bleeding Rath, gasping for his life in the passenger seat.
The eyewitness revealed that despite taking multiple bullets to his chest and abdomen, Rath was conscious for a few fleeting, agonizing minutes. Fighting through immense pain, the slain BJP aide reportedly uttered his final words, desperately pleading for help and water before his body finally gave out.
“We heard the loud bangs and ran out into the darkness. By the time we reached the car, he was still breathing and trying to speak,” the eyewitness recounted, visibly shaken by the trauma. Unfortunately, the severity of the gunshot wounds meant that by the time arrangements were made to rush him to the nearest hospital, he had already succumbed to his injuries.
This chilling new revelation has only intensified the outrage surrounding the high-profile murder. As the police scramble to trace the fake-plated getaway vehicle and the unmasked hitmen caught on CCTV, these tragic final moments stand as a grim reminder of the ruthless nature of Bengal’s post-poll violence.