Kolkata, April 26 (). A woman was killed in firing on a highway in West Bengal’s Malda district.
The incident took place on Tuesday night in Shimuldab area of National Highway-12.
The deceased has been identified as Ainoor Bibi (28).
According to her husband Masu Shaikh, the accident happened when he was returning home on a bike along with his wife and their seven-year-old son.
Sheikh told reporters on Wednesday morning, as soon as we reached NH-12 in Shimuldab area, the bike-borne miscreants shot my wife at close range and left. Local people rushed and with their help my wife was taken to the local hospital. But by then he had died.
I have no idea who committed the murder. I am unable to identify the killers as their faces were covered by the glasses of the helmets. We don’t have any enmity with anyone.
Police said the bike on which the deceased woman was traveling with her husband and son is now in their possession.
Police has started investigation to identify the killers.
Local MLA from Malda (SC) constituency Gopal Chandra Saha and BJP Lok Sabha member from Madla (North) constituency Khagen Murmu met the victim’s husband.
Both have demanded an early probe to identify the killers.
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