Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Pabitra Roy was on Sunday arrested by the West Bengal Police for two villager's death in Malda.
According to reports, Roy had opened fire from inside a car on a mob on Sunday afternoon while trying to flee the scene of an accident, killing one person and critically injuring another in Malda.
Roy, a TMC leader and local village council chief, rammed his officially-allotted Bolero car into a cyclist around 3p.m. on Sunday and opened fire on a chasing mob, triggering massive protests in the area.
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