TMC councillor shot at, attacked with crude bomb

Unidentified assailants hurled crude bombs and shot at a Trinamoll Congress (TMC) councillor in the South 24 Parganas last week. The councillor, Mithun Tikadar, was admitted to hospital after the attack. Tikadar is a councillor from ward number 20 of Budge Budge municipality of the district. The incident came just days after the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Satyajit Biswas in Nadia in West Bengal. He was elected from Krishnaganj in Nadia district, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at a Saraswati puja on February 9.