In the Kasba neighbourhood of Kolkata, a Trinamool councillor escaped a murder attempt last night when the gun used by the assailant malfunctioned. The CCTV camera in front of the Trinamool leader’s home captured dramatic footage of the murder attempt.
When the two gunmen arrived on a scooter, Sushanta Ghosh, a councillor for Ward 108 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, was seated in front of his home. After drawing his weapon, one of them made two attempts to shoot him. However, the gun was ineffective. There were no shots fired.
Mr. Ghosh charged towards the shooter after spotting his location. An on-foot pursuit started after he slipped while attempting to flee on his associate’s scooter. He was eventually caught and thrashed, before being asked to confess on camera who had hired him.
“I was not given any money. I was just given a photo and asked to murder him,” he was heard saying in another video as a crowd surrounded him. He was later handed over to the police.
The shooters were hired from Bihar to kill the councillor, said police sources, suspecting local rivalries as the motive behind the attack.
The councillor later said he had no clue who could have planned his murder. “I have been a councillor for 12 years and never thought that I could be attacked; that too while I am sitting in my area,” he said. Local MP Mala Roy and MLA Javed Khan later visited him.
