TMC panchayat member shot dead in Basirhat

The protest lasted for nearly two hours. Later, the police removed the body from the protest site and sent it for autopsy to Haroa rural hospital and later to Basirhat district hospital.

The victim’s family alleged that a TMC faction killed Ali for “political reasons”. Ali’s daughter Simran Parveen said, “My father was killed for political reasons. This was done by another group of the party.” The incident led to widespread tension in the area, with locals burning a motorcycle of the alleged assailants. An autorickshaw was also vandalised.

Basirhat Superintendent of Police (SP) JB Thomas said the investigation into the incident has been initiated and they will soon arrest the culprits soon. “It could be a fallout of an old rivalry. We are investigating the case from all angle,” he said.

The family said that Ali, who is survived by his wife and three daughters, was not given the post of either pradhan or deputy pradhan during the panchayat board formation that concluded recently as other TMC groups were angry with him.

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His wife Halima Bibi said, “I don’t know how would I raise my daughters.”