India, July 11 -- A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's Chaltaberia Gram Panchayat area on Thursday. The incident took place when the leader, identified as Rajjak Khan, was returning home.

He was rushed to the hospital following the firing and was declared dead there.

"Around 9.45 pm yesterday, one Rajjak Khan of Chak Maricha village, Chaltaberia Gram Panchayat was attacked by a few persons near Siristala under Uttar Kashipore PS while returning home," news agency ANI quoted the Kolkata Police as saying.

Further investigation into the case is ongoing.

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