Trinamool Congress leader shot dead in West Bengal
A district-level Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Hamid Ansari, was allegedly shot dead in West Bengal's Purulia district on Friday. "As per eyewitnesses, miscreants shot Ansari near a level crossing in Mishirdih village and fled," a police official said. This comes a day after another TMC leader and two other people were killed in a gunfire and bomb attack near Kolkata.