Two persons - a woman and her teenage daughter of a banjara family were killed and the man was critically injured during an exchange of fire at Arsha in Purulia district today.
Purulia superintendent of police Nilkanta Sudhir Kumar said the exchange of fire took place between two groups of Banjaras in the early hours today ar Mihirdih village.
The attackers fled the scene after the woman and the girl fell to their bullets, he said adding none was arrested as yet.
An FIR was filed against six accused and the injured amn was rushed to hospital in neighbouring Bankura, he added.
The banjaras travel in groups and include entire families moving with all their posessions.
