Chandranath Rath, the executive assistant of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and one of his closest aides, was on the way to his home in Barasat last night. He was in the co-passenger seat of a Scorpio SUV. According to eyewitnesses and police sources, a car blocked the road around 11 am, forcing the SUV to slow down. Moments later, a bike pulled up next to the seat on which Rath was sitting. And the assailants on a two-wheeler fired multiple rounds through the rolled-up window. Three of them hit Rath, who died soon after. The SUV’s driver was also injured. Visuals show a massive bullet hole in the SUV’s window. Police officers have said that the killing, which has left Bengal simmering days after the BJP’s thumping win in the Assembly polls, may have been carried out by professional shooters. What Eyewitness Said Sushanta Sarkar, a local resident and an eyewitness, told mediapersons, “When I approached the car, I saw two persons in the front. They were bleeding. One person in the rear seat was crying.…