Another TMC leader killed in Malda dist

Less than a fortnight after the killing of Trinamool Congress councillor Dulal Sarkar, fresh violence rocked West Bengal’s Malda district as another TMC worker was killed and two others, including a local committee president, were critically injured in an attack on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the Kaliaganj area when TMC local committee president Bakul Sheikh and party workers were attending a programme.

Initial reports said four to five assailants arrived at the scene and fired indiscriminately at Bakul Sheikh and his associates. Later, the police claimed no gunshot wound was found on the body of the deceased or the injured. “The person died after he was repeatedly hit by a brick,” a police officer said.