Summary:
AdvertisingSources said the MLA, who commuted between several programmes that day using the same vehicle, had disembarked at the local TMC office “minutes before the attack”. His driver and the two others had driven on to a nearby petrol pump, where a group blocked the vehicle and started hurling bombs. CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty lashed out at the TMC over “the new shootout culture” in the state. Denying the allegation, TMC district president Subhasish Chakraborty said, “The CPM says a lot of things. Three people, including a driver and an associate of Trinamool Congress MLA Biswanath Das, were gunned down after unidentified persons opened fire on his vehicle in Baruipur on Thursday evening, said police sources..