TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas shot dead in West Bengal

Update at 9:55 AM: Two arrested for the murder of TMC leader. 

TMC legislature Satyajit Biswas 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. 

(With ANI inputs)