In order to portray the murder of Joy Prakash Yadav as an 'internal conspiracy' by the BJP, the TMC claimed that accused Tuntun Choudhury was close to Pawn Singh's father Arjun Singh.
BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that Roy and four other workers were attacked by TMC when they were arranging the return of BJP workers who left due to the post-poll violence in the state.