KOLKATA: A local Trinamool Congress gram panchayat chief and his associate were shot on the open road at Sapuipara area in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district of West Bengal.
The ruling party gram panchayat chief has been identified at Debabrata Mondal a.k.a. Babu Mondal.
His associate, who also received bullet injuries, has been identified as Anupam Rana.
Both are currently under treatment at state-run S.S.K.M. Medical College and Hospital. The medical condition of both, especially Mondal's, is extremely critical.
Eyewitnesses told the police that Modal and Rana were returning by motorcycle from a marriage function late Thursday night. While Rana was driving the bike, Mondal was the pillion rider.