West Bengal, 18 June 2021: BJP’s Devashish Acharya who slapped Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee’s Nephew Abhishek Banerjee during an event in West Bengal in 2015 died mysteriously on Thursday.

Some unidentified persons rushed him to the hospital where he was declared dead after some time. The family claimed it as murder.

On Thursday, Devashish Acharya was rushed to the Tamluk District hospital in Midnapore in a critically injured situation. Hospital records show that he was brought to the hospital at 4.10 am, by some unidentified persons who soon left. Devashish died in the afternoon. When his family came to know about his mysterious death on reaching the hospital, they claimed that Devashish had been murdered. According to media reports, BJP leaders have now raised the question of Devashish Acharya’s death.

Devashish had joined BJP in 2020. In their primary investigation, Police said that Devashish went out with his two friends on the evening of 16 June. He along with his friend stopped at a tea stall near Sonapetya Toll Plaza.

Devashish Acharya first came into the headlines in 2015 after slapping Abhishek Banerjee during a public meeting in a political event. However, he was then beaten up by TMC supporters. The police also arrested him but released him on Abhishek’s intervention.