Kolkata: TMC Councillor Escapes Death After Shooter's Gun Malfunctions, Chases Assailant — Caught On Camera
4 months ago

Kolkata: TMC Councillor Escapes Death After Shooter's Gun Malfunctions, Chases Assailant — Caught On Camera

ABP News  

Trinamool councillor of Ward 108 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Sushanta Ghosh, had a close shave on Friday evening, when an assailant tried to fire at him from a close range while he was reportedly sitting in front of his house. The man who was been arrested today is a taxi driver, Ahmed, who had driven the two accused Yuvraj Singh and his associate Iqbal from Howrah Station to Kolkata's Port area on Thursday night. Prime Accused Detained In Purba Bardhaman Later on Saturday, the police also detained Iqbal alias Afroz Khan alias Gulzar, who had ridden the other accused, Yuvraj Singh, on a two-wheeler to murder TMC councillor. "Acting on a tip-off that Iqbal was trying to flee to Jharkhand on a two-wheeler through Durgapur Expressway, police intercepted him at a naka point in Galsi and detained him," a senior officer told PTI. "It seems that Iqbal is not his real name and he had contacted Yuvraj Singh and convinced him to execute the plan for a payment of Rs 10,000," the officer said.

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