West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain seriously injured in crude bomb attack
Kolkata/Murshidabad/IBNS: West Bengal Minister of State for Labour, Jakir Hossain, was seriously injured in a crude bomb attack by unknown miscreants at Nimtita station in Murshidabad district on Wednesday night, reports said.
According to reports, few unidentified miscreants hurled a crude bomb aiming at Jakir Hossain when the TMC leader accompanied by his followers and security guards was going to board a Kolkata-bound train at Nimtita railway station's platform number two (02).
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Jakir Hossain and few of his followers were seriously injured in the attack and they were rushed to Jangipur S.D. Hospital.
The minister of state is being taken to a Kolkata hospital, according to the latest update came in.
Local police have initiated a probe into the incident.
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