Trinamool Congress member shot dead in West Bengal

Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress member succumbed to gunshot injuries in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, police said on Tuesday.

“Jahangir Sheikh, 40, a panchayat samiti member of the Trinamool Congress, was shot at by some miscreants on Monday. He died at a nearby hospital,” said an officer of Kandi police station.

The officer said that they had not received any written complaint of the killing. Whether the incident was a political clash or the result of any personal enmity will be investigated, he added.

–IANS
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