A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was killed and several other members of the ruling and opposition parties were injured in clashes in panchayat poll-bound West Bengal, police said. TMC worker Jiyarul Molla, 52, was shot dead in Phulmalancha area in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district late on Saturday night, a police officer said.

Molla’s daughter Manwara alleged that her father had complained to the police about frequent threats from a rival faction that asked him to quit politics, but the law enforcers did not take any action. “I am a first-time candidate. My candidature is not liked by another local faction in the party,” she said. “We do not have faith in the state police any more and we want a CBI probe into the matter,” she added.