Abdul Hamid, a CPI(M) local committee was attacked by the miscreants last night when he was returning home after attending a campaign meeting of CPI(M) candidate for the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency, the sources said.
The miscreants first attacked him with sharp edged weapons and then shot him dead, the sources added.
The CPI(M) has called for a 12-hour bandh in the Nabagram area of Murshidabd district today to protest the killing of Hamid.
