A day after an armed man tried to shoot him whereas he was sitting outdoors his home in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor Sushanta Ghosh stated on Saturday that he was “shocked” by the incident however decided to search out out who was accountable.
“I’m shocked. I can’t spare anybody. I’m ready to see who’s behind this assault,” Ghosh, the councillor from the 108 ward of the Kolkata Municipal Company (KMC), stated.
Ghosh had a detailed shave on Friday night when he was sitting outdoors his home in Kasba. A purported video of the incident exhibits two males on a motorcycle approaching the realm. One of many males alights from the bike with a gun in his hand, walks as much as Ghosh and tries to fireplace at him from shut vary however the gun malfunctions. Whereas the person on the bike manages to flee, the person who tried to shoot Ghosh is caught and later arrested.
Instantly after the incident, Ghosh had stated he was serious about whether or not or not he ought to proceed within the occasion. Later, nevertheless, after talking to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, he modified his thoughts.
In response to a police supply, an area had deliberate the assault on Ghosh. “Some native individual employed a person for this assault and he employed two or three individuals from Bihar,” a senior Kolkata Police official stated.
Ghosh stated that although he had been attacked earlier, this incident got here as an even bigger shock as “he attacked me at my doorstep”.
