<p>A Trinamool Congress candidate for the panchayat election was beaten to death in West Bengal's Malda district, with the party pointing accusing fingers at the Congress.</p>.<p>TMC candidate Mustafa Sheikh was on his way home in the afternoon when he was attacked by unidentified miscreants in the Sujapur area and beat him up, police said.</p>.<p>He was later to a hospital where he was declared dead.</p>.<p>"We are looking into the case. The body was sent for post-mortem examination," a police official said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/bjp-turning-communal-ahead-of-panchayat-polls-says-trinamools-kunal-ghosh-1227943.html" target="_blank">BJP turning 'communal' ahead of panchayat polls, says Trinamool's Kunal Ghosh</a></strong></p>.<p>According to state minister Sabina Yeasmin, former TMC activists who had joined the Congress after being denied tickets, were behind the attack on Sheikh.</p>.<p>"Out of vengeance, they have killed our official candidate. We have asked the police to take action," she told reporters in Malda.</p>.<p>The TMC activists, demanding the arrest of the culprits, organised a sit-in in the area.</p>.<p>The district Congress leadership denied the allegations.</p>.<p>"The allegation against us is baseless. The killing is due to infighting within the TMC. It has nothing to do with us," a Congress leader said.</p>.<p>Malda, a minority-dominated district, is considered a stronghold of the Congress.</p>.<p>Widespread violence over the filing of nominations for the July 8 three-tier panchayat polls has left at least six people dead and several injured in various parts of the state.</p>
<p>A Trinamool Congress candidate for the panchayat election was beaten to death in West Bengal's Malda district, with the party pointing accusing fingers at the Congress.</p>.<p>TMC candidate Mustafa Sheikh was on his way home in the afternoon when he was attacked by unidentified miscreants in the Sujapur area and beat him up, police said.</p>.<p>He was later to a hospital where he was declared dead.</p>.<p>"We are looking into the case. The body was sent for post-mortem examination," a police official said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/bjp-turning-communal-ahead-of-panchayat-polls-says-trinamools-kunal-ghosh-1227943.html" target="_blank">BJP turning 'communal' ahead of panchayat polls, says Trinamool's Kunal Ghosh</a></strong></p>.<p>According to state minister Sabina Yeasmin, former TMC activists who had joined the Congress after being denied tickets, were behind the attack on Sheikh.</p>.<p>"Out of vengeance, they have killed our official candidate. We have asked the police to take action," she told reporters in Malda.</p>.<p>The TMC activists, demanding the arrest of the culprits, organised a sit-in in the area.</p>.<p>The district Congress leadership denied the allegations.</p>.<p>"The allegation against us is baseless. The killing is due to infighting within the TMC. It has nothing to do with us," a Congress leader said.</p>.<p>Malda, a minority-dominated district, is considered a stronghold of the Congress.</p>.<p>Widespread violence over the filing of nominations for the July 8 three-tier panchayat polls has left at least six people dead and several injured in various parts of the state.</p>