Businessman shot at in Dholahat, battles for life

Kolkata: A businessman was shot at in South 24-Parganas on Saturday night.

The injured person was shifted to a Kolkata hospital as his condition became serious.

The businessman was shot at on Saturday night at Dholahat in South 24-Parganas. The injured person identified as Pulakesh Mondal was returning home riding his bike. Near Milan More area, a few miscreants blocked his way and tried to snatch his valuables away. Primarily, the miscreants tried to take away the mobile phone but were resisted by Mondal. When Mondal got down from the bike and tried to stop the miscreants, one of them fired a round of bullet aiming Mondal and fled the scene. The bullet hit Mondal on the left side of his chest and he fell on the ground. Hearing the sound of a bullet being fired, locals ran to Mondal and rushed him to Diamond Harbour Sub-Divisional Hopsital. Later on Saturday night, Mondal was shifted to a hospital in Kolkata. None has been arrested in this case till Sunday night.