Kolkata, July 31 -- In a shocking and brazen attack, another Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Pintu Chakraborty, alias Pintu, was brutally hacked to death by two unidentified assailants in a crowded market area in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police confirmed today.
Chakraborty, a businessman and a member of the TMC-led Kanaipur Panchayat Committee in Konnagar, was attacked with sharp weapons on Tuesday (July 29) near an auto stand in the market after he closed his gas agency shop and was on his way to attend a party meeting, according to TMC sources.
He was rushed to a nearby local hospital and later shifted to Kolkata's SSKM Hospital, where he succumbed to multiple grievous injuries.
Konnagar is located approximately 23 kilometers n...