A BJP worker was found hanging from a tree in Purulia district. (Image used for representation)

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found dead on Thursday (April 18) morning in West Bengal's Purulia district. He was found hanging from a tree at Senabona village under Arsha police station in Purulia. The area is reportedly tense after the body of a BJP worker was found hanging.

His body was found by the residents of the Senabona village. The police have reached the spot and the investigation in the case is underway. The police are trying to ascertain if it was a case of suicide or murder.

The BJP has identified the deceased as 22-year-old Sisupal Sahis. The Bharatiya Janata Party has claimed that the deceased was a member of BJP Youth Morcha and his father is a deputy pradhan of the Sirkabad Gram Panchayat.

In February 2019, a Trinamool Congress worker was shot dead in West Bengal's Berhampore area of Murshidabad district. The deceased, identified as Naju Seikh, was the third TMC worker who was killed in a span of 12 hours.

A day earlier, two TMC workers in South 24 Parganas were killed by some unknown men.

Purulia parliamentary constituency in West Bengal will be voting in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election. Besides Purulia parliamentary constituency, Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Bankura, and Bishnupur are also going to polls in the Lok Sabha election 2019.

With inputs from Anil Giri.