TMC leader shot dead by 2 motorcycle-borne assailants in Birbhum

A Trinamool Congress leader was fatally shot by two motorcycle-borne gunmen near Bhimgarh railway station in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Monday, a senior police official said.

Ashok Ghosh (50), an employee of a school and TMC leader, was chased by the gunmen and shot at close range while he was on a motorcycle as he was on his way to the railway station to board a train, Superintendent of Police Murlidhar said.

All police stations were alerted immediately and the two gunmen were arrested within two hours of the killing from Pandaveswar, a few kilometre away, bordering Burdwan district, the SP said. Ghosh was declared brought dead in hospital, he added.