The West Bengal’s Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday welcomed a court order sending three former police personnel to judicial custody in connection with the 2021 murder of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar during alleged post-poll violence in the state.

The case, now being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), centers on the killing of Sarkar in Kolkata’s Beleghata area shortly after the state assembly elections. Adhikari said Sarkar was “brutally beaten and strangled to death,” and claimed that even his pet animals were not spared during the attack.

“After the 2021 Assembly elections, BJP workers were subjected to brutal post-poll violence across West Bengal,” Adhikari said in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). “Abhijit Sarkar’s horrific murder is a burning example. Many BJP workers lost their lives, women were assaulted, and thousands were forced to flee their homes—some even took refuge in camps in other states.” A city court on Friday remanded Subhajit Sen, then officer-in-charge of Narkeldanga police station (later promoted to ACP before retirement), sub-inspector Ratna Sarkar, and home guard Dipankar Debnath to judicial custody in connection with the case. During the hearing, the judge remarked, “What happens when protectors become predators?” Adhikari said the CBI probe was moving in the right direction and warned that “no perpetrator of post-poll violence will be spared.” He reiterated the BJP’s commitment to justice for Sarkar and all victims of the violence. “We will continue our fight until every criminal responsible for the post-poll atrocities is brought to justice,” Adhikari added, using the hashtag “#KillerMamata” in a pointed attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.