Youth shot in West Bengal after dispute over kin’s cancer treatment

KOLKATA: A youth was shot dead in the Lockgate area near Chitpore on Friday evening following a family dispute over the arrangement of a cancer patient’s treatment.
Cops said the incident took place around 6pm. The victim, Hossain Deen, was shot at least twice from close range. The dispute revolved around the patient, Anjum Akhtar, and the victim was her brother-in-law.The sound of firing alerted the locals who caught three persons who were detained later. They were identified as Sahid Hossain, Mehtab Alam and Saddam Majhi. Late at night, cops detained one more person. They are the friends of Akhtar’s brother.
The victim was rushed to RG Kar Hospital where he was declared dead. During the primary investigation, cops have come to know that the dispute, which resulted in the shoot-out, arose over taking the patient to her parental house at Kamarhati for her treatment, but her in-laws insisted that she stay back at Chitpore.