Barrackpore, Oct 06 (UNI) At least two persons were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla at Titagarh in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.
The arrested were Md Khubram and Ghulab Sheikh.
Police said old enmity was stated to be the reason behind the murder.
Shukla was shot at on Sunday evening by motorcycle-borne gunmen, who pumped bullets on him from point blank range.
Shukla, who suffered fatal injuries, later succumbed to his wounds in a hospital in the city.
The Mamata Banerjee Government on Monday ordered a CID probe into the killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla, even as the Opposition saffron brigade demanded a CBI inquiry.
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