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  India   All India  05 Jun 2019  Kolkata: TMC leader shot dead by unidentified miscreants

Kolkata: TMC leader shot dead by unidentified miscreants

ANI
Published : Jun 5, 2019, 9:32 am IST
Updated : Jun 5, 2019, 9:34 am IST

Kundu was a TMC president of Ward 6 of Dum Dum Municipality area under Nimta Police Station limits.

Soon after the incident, he was rushed to a private hospital with bullet injuries on the head but was declared brought dead. (Representational Image)
 Soon after the incident, he was rushed to a private hospital with bullet injuries on the head but was declared brought dead. (Representational Image)

Kolkata: TMC leader Nirmal Kundu was shot dead on Tuesday night by three bike-borne assailants in North Kolkata's Dum Dum area, police said.

Kundu was a TMC president of Ward 6 of Dum Dum Municipality area under Nimta Police Station limits.

Soon after the incident, he was rushed to a private hospital with bullet injuries on the head but was declared brought dead.

Police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.

The political tussle between the BJP and TMC had escalated before the parliamentary elections, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee locking horns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over several issues.

Tags: crime, murder, tmc, mamata banerjee
Location: India, West Bengal