Kolkata, Feb. 25 -- A 27-year-old promoter died after he was shot from point-blank range multiple times early Wednesday on Pilkhana road in West Bengal's Howrah district, triggering unrest and tension in the locality, police said.
A CCTV footage showed the victim, Shaufique Khan, talking to two people in the area under the Golabari police station's jurisdiction, while pedestrians walked past them. One of the assailants, who was standing behind Shaufique, took out a weapon and fired at his head from point-blank range.
After Shaufique collapsed on the road, the first assailant and the co-accomplice pumped some more bullets and fled. Some of the locals were seen running after the shooters.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim...