<p class="title">The father of a BJP activist, who was found hanging from a tree in West Bengal's Purulia district, filed a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court on Monday, seeking a CBI probe into the death.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Claiming that Trilochan Mahato was murdered for "political reason", his father Hariram said a "free and fair probe" would be possible only if the probe was carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hariram Mahato's lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal said the petitioner, in his claim, has said the state police would find it difficult to conduct a fair probe into the incident owing to "political pressure".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The writ petition is likely to be taken up for hearing before the court of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty later this week," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On May 30, the body of 18-year-old Trilochan Mahato was found hanging from a tree near his home at Balarampur in Purulia district, about 300 km from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An unsigned handwritten note in Bengali, which was slung around his neck, read that he was "punished for working for the BJP" during the recent panchayat elections in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Because you were involved with the BJP even at the age of 18, it claimed your life. I have been searching for you since the panchayat elections now you are dead," the note read.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three days after Mahato's death, 35-year-old Dulal Kumar was found hanging from a power transmission tower in the same district. The BJP claimed that like Mahato, Kumar was also its worker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The saffron party had been organising demonstrations and rallies in different parts of the state demanding justice for both Mahato and Kumar. </p>
<p class="title">The father of a BJP activist, who was found hanging from a tree in West Bengal's Purulia district, filed a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court on Monday, seeking a CBI probe into the death.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Claiming that Trilochan Mahato was murdered for "political reason", his father Hariram said a "free and fair probe" would be possible only if the probe was carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hariram Mahato's lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal said the petitioner, in his claim, has said the state police would find it difficult to conduct a fair probe into the incident owing to "political pressure".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The writ petition is likely to be taken up for hearing before the court of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty later this week," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On May 30, the body of 18-year-old Trilochan Mahato was found hanging from a tree near his home at Balarampur in Purulia district, about 300 km from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An unsigned handwritten note in Bengali, which was slung around his neck, read that he was "punished for working for the BJP" during the recent panchayat elections in the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Because you were involved with the BJP even at the age of 18, it claimed your life. I have been searching for you since the panchayat elections now you are dead," the note read.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three days after Mahato's death, 35-year-old Dulal Kumar was found hanging from a power transmission tower in the same district. The BJP claimed that like Mahato, Kumar was also its worker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The saffron party had been organising demonstrations and rallies in different parts of the state demanding justice for both Mahato and Kumar. </p>