Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, close aide of winner from Khardah Assembly seat Kajal Sinha who succumbed to Covid-19 after winning the polls, was shot dead while returning home on Friday night.
Ranajoy Kumar Shrivastava (33) was stopped by miscreants at 11. 30 pm near Sandhya Cinema on B T Road in Titagarh. They hurled bombs and fired a few rounds at him.
Trinamool Congress alleged that the BJP was behind the killing. The saffron party claimed that the murder was a fallout of infighting within the ruling party in the state. Trinamool Congress North 24-Parganas chief Jyotipriyo Mullick alleged that the BJP had masterminded the attack to "instil fear among ruling party workers in the area".
A complaint has been lodged with Khardah police station. Five people have been arrested so far.