India, July 24 -- A 55-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker and the 26-year-old nephew of a local TMC leader were killed in separate incidents in West Bengal's Murshidabad and South 24 Parganas districts, police said on Thursday.

Rakib Sheikh, nephew of TMC member Salauddin Sheikh, was found murdered at Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas early Thursday morning. "My house was attacked at least two to three times earlier. Crude bombs were hurled. Clashes broke out between two groups earlier too," Salauddin, a member of the TMC-led Madhusudanpur panchayat, said.

Meanwhile, TMC worker Shashti Ghosh was hacked to death in Murshidabad's Bharatpur while returning home late on Wednesday night.

Ghosh, who was arrested in connection with dacoity a...