Man wields a pistol, fires at candidate in Barrackpore

It is a scene straight out of any blockbuster movie: In an open area, a man pointing a pistol at his victim. The independent candidate was trying to escape from the barrel of the gun, while several others stood around.

The gunman became the focus of the media cameras. But the man wearing a black t-shirt shouted, Kuch parwa nahi (I don’t care) and fired at his target. However, the shot missed the target in the crowd, and the independent candidate managed to run away by then. On the morning of the panchayat election, the incident is reminiscent of the killing of infamous gangster Atiq Ahmed in front of the media cameras in Prayagraj, UP.