Kolkata, Jun 10 (PTI) A man, claimed to be a Trinamool Congress worker, was shot dead at Hariharpara in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Monday.

The mother of the deceased said his son Sanatan Ghosh was a TMC worker and claimed that the killing was related to a land-related tussle with some persons in the locality.

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The police are investigating whether there was any political connection or personal enmity over land ownership that caused the murder, an officer said.

Ghosh, in his 30s, was riding a motorbike with two others on Sunday night when a car, apparently waiting for him, rammed into the two-wheeler.

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He was shot from close range by the car-borne assailants after he fell from the motorbike.

When Ghosh was taken to a hospital, doctors declared him brought dead, the officer said.

The police are trying to track down the assailants, who fled after the shooting.

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