Labourer Iliyas Ali shot dead in Malda over group rivalry

Kolkata :-According to the WB police report, A 45-year-old Labourer identified as Iliyas Ali was shot dead on Friday by bike-borne assailants belonging to a “obstructive group”, near his home in Kalichak area of West Bengal of Malda district. The victim Iliyas Ali was surrounded by nearly 15 attackers on 10 motorbikes near his home in Khidirbona under Nawada-Jodupur gram panchayat at around 9.30 am. Iliyas was critically injured in the indiscriminate firing and was rushed to Malda Medical College and Hospital where he declared as died, the officer said. Attributing the killing to a group rivalry, the officer said Iliyas was a follower of Bokul Sheikh, Trinamool Congress president of Nawada-Jodupur, who had been expelled from the party about six months ago. The assailants belonged to the rival group led by Trinamool Congress’s Zakir Sheikh, the officer said.