Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor was shot at near her residence in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday, police said.

Champa Das, a councillor of the North Barrackpore Municipality, was shot in the leg, they said.

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"She has been taken to a hospital. Further investigation is on," a senior police officer said.

Das had won the election as an Independent but joined the Trinamool Congress in 2019.

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