Bardhaman (WB): The head of a Trinamool
Congress-controlled panchayat in Purba Bardhaman district died
after he was shot at by gunmen at Kalna yesterday, police said
today.
Sukur Ali Sheikh, the head of Sultanpur Gram
Panchayat, received bullet injuries when a group of armed men
fired at him, following which he was rushed to a nearby
hospital, a senior police officer said.
He was being brought to Kolkata today for treatment at
a city hospital, but died en route, the officer said.
Another TMC worker of the same panchayat was killed
yesterday after the miscreants fired shots at him, too, police
said.
Altogether 10 people, including a working executive of
Kalna (1) Panchayat Samity, Shadiq Sheikh, have been detained
in connection with the incident, the police officer said,
adding, an investigation is underway.
PTI
