Ranchi: A BJP leader was shot dead in broad daylight here on Wednesday.
Motorbike-borne assailants reached Kanke Chowk and opened fire on Anil Tiger, BJP’s Ranchi Rural district general secretary and a former zila parishad member, according to police.
Anil was taken to RIMS Hospital, but succumbed to bullet injuries.
Local people expressed their outrage at the brazen show of violence by blocking Kanke road and disrupting traffic movement.
BJP state president Babulal Marandi, who met family members of the deceased at the hospital, called for the resignation of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, alleging that law and order had collapsed in the state ruled by a JMM-led coalition.
“I am shocked by the news of BJP Ranchi rural district general secretary and former Zila Parishad member Anil Tiger ji being shot by criminals. Criminals are fearlessly attacking public representatives. The law and order situation in the state has completely collapsed, where neither public representatives nor common citizens are safe,” Marandi posted on X.
“Taking moral responsibility for this incident, the Chief Minister should resign immediately,” he added.
Describing the incident as unfortunate, Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta said he knew Anil Tiger personally. “The killers would be caught soon,” he said.
