A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at Joynagar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district o♑n Monday morning.
Theജ incident prompted a group of people to lynch an alleged assailant, PTI report quoting officials said.
S🌳aifuddin Laskar, TMC area president of Bamungachi in Joynagar was shot dead near his house by some miscreants, an official said.
Supporters of Laskar, whose wife is a panchayat pradhan, caught one of the alleged assailants and beat 🍬him to death, according to locals.
Local TMC leaders alleged that CPI(M) supporters wer๊e behind the killing of Laskar.
CPI(M) supporters in nearby areas claimed that supporters of Las𒆙kar ransacked their houses aღnd set fire to some after the incident.
Stating that every death is unfortunate, CPI(M) central committee member S🦂ujan Chakraborty said that the police must conduct a proper investigation to nab the killers and unravel the conspiracy.
"The murder of Saifuddin Laskar is the result of internal strife within the TMC, it is no use blaming the CPI(M)," he said.
