Two accused arrested for the murder of TMC leader Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal

Update: BJP leader Mukul Roy was among the four people booked on Sunday in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas.  Of the four people named in the FIR, two have been arrested, an officer of the West Bengal Police told PTI. 

Two accused have been arrested and Officer-In-Charge (OC) of Hanskhali Police Station has been suspended following the murder of TMC legislature Satyajit Biswas who was shot dead in West Bengal by unidentified assailants on Saturday evening.

Biswas, a close aide of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who was an MLA from Krishnagunj in Nadia district in the state, was attending a Saraswati Puja inauguration at Phulbari in Jalpaiguri district when the incident occurred.

The accused managed to flee from the crime scene. The Police Officials have initiated a probe and are looking for the assailants. 

According to reports, the lawmaker was shot multiple times from a close range when he was coming down the stage after attending an event.