Trinamool Leader Shot Dead In Bengal, 5 Arrested: Police

The Trinamool alleged that the BJP was behind the killing, while the BJP claimed that the murder was a fallout of infighting within the ruling party in the state.

A Trinamool youth leader was shot dead by unidentified persons in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, following which five people were arrested, police said on Saturday. The Trinamool alleged that the BJP was behind the killing, while the BJP claimed that the murder was a fallout of infighting within the ruling party in the state. Ranajoy Kumar Shrivastava (33), a close aide of winner from Khardah assembly seat Kajal Sinha who succumbed to COVID-19, was shot dead near Sandhya Cinema on B T Road in Titagarh in Khardah police station area early on Saturday when he was returning home in his car, an officer said. Unidentified persons stopped the vehicle of Mr Shrivastava, who was the chief of the Hindi cell of TMC's youth wing, and hurled bombs and fired a few rounds at him, he said.