Three workers of the Trinamool Congress, including a panchayat member, were attacked and killed in Canning, in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday. They were on their way to participate in a meeting on the preparation for the party Martyrs’ Day rally, scheduled in Kolkata on July 21.
The unknown assailants intercepted Trinamool Congress member of Gopalpur Gram Panchayat Swapan Majhi, and the party’s local booth presidents Bhutnath Pramanik and Jhantu Halda near the Pier Park area. They first fatally attacked Swapan Majhi and then chased and killed the other two.
Empty cartridges and a motorbike were recovered from the site. The bodies were sent for post mortem.
