KULTALI: A Trinamool Congress activist was shot dead by unknown miscreants at Jalabaria in Kultali on Sunday.
The deceased person has been identified as 42-year-old Surath Ali Mondal. Five unknown miscreants came on motorcycles and surrounded him when he was returning from the local market.
They shot him from a close range and fled from the spot. Mondal was killed at the spot and police later recovered his body.
Kultali Block Trinamool Youth Congress chief Ganesh Mondal said that Surath was an active worker of the party who was popular in his locality. This is what led to his murder, felt Mondal.
Police are yet to identify the miscreants or determine the motive behind the murder. A detailed probe in this regard is underway.