TMC worker shot dead in Bengal's North 24 Parganas, party blames BJP

A TMC worker has been shot dead in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas. The party has held the BJP responsible over the incident.

A 38-year-old Trinamool Congress worker was shot dead on Wednesday night in the Birati area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. The deceased has been identified as Suvrajit Dutta. He was an active TMC worker in Ward 18 of North Dum Dum municipality. Dutta was returning home from the ward office at night when three bike-borne assailants stopped him and allegedly opened fire at him. The assailants then fled the spot.