A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence ahead of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police has said.
The incident took place in Krishnapur area in Chandrakona in the morning after the TMC members tried to erect party flags, and faced resistance from opposition activists
A TMC worker, identified as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, was shot dead in Phulmalancha area in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district late on Saturday night while he was returning home, a police officer said.