Barrackpore (West Bengal) [India], July 5: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor was shot by miscreants in north 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday night.

Champa Das, TMC councillor from ward number 2 of North Barrackpur Municipality has been shot in the upper part of her left leg, confirmed the police.

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After suffering a bullet injury, she was rushed to a private hospital for treatment in Kolkata.

Police have reached the spot. (ANI)

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