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West Bengal: On Monday, police said that a Trinamool Congress leader from Ashoknagar was shot dead by a group of people following a dispute over a land deal in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. He was 49-year-old.
The TMC leader was identified as Bijan Das. The police said that he was murdered when he had gone to the house of a party colleague. A police officer said that Das, the deputy head of Guma 1 panchayat, was shot twice at close range, with one bullet hitting his head and the other passing through his left ear.
About this incident, the police officer said media,”He was declared dead when he was taken to Barasat Medical College and Hospital. The accused are absconding. We are investigating the case.” Barasat MP Kakali Ghosh Dastidar, who visited the hospital, said it was a “tragic incident”.
Barasat MP Kakali Ghosh Dastidar said,”Bijan’s demise is an irreparable loss to the party. He started his political career from student politics and has been with the party since then. The police are investigating the matter.”
