India, July 11 -- A local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was on Thursday night murdered by unidentified assailants in Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas, around 30km east of Kolkata, the police said.

The victim, identified as 38-year-old Rajjak Khan, was an anchal president of the TMC in the Chaltaberia area of Bhangar and was known to be a close associate of Saokat Mollah, the TMC legislator from Canning East assembly seat.

Senior police officials, including Kolkata police commissioner Manoj Verma, rushed to the spot last night and the police have detained two persons for questioning.

"A man identified as Rajjak Khan was murdered between 9:30pm and 10pm on Thursday. The investigation is ongoing, so I can't share further details at thi...