An aide to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead on Wednesday night at Doharia in Madhyamgram of North 24 Parganas district, according to the Indian media.

Chandranath Rath, an executive assistant to Suvendu, was shot point blank after his car was intercepted by motorcycle-borne assailants around 10.20pm. He died on the spot. His driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to a hospital in Kolkata.

Police said Chandranath was returning to his home in Barasat when his car was stopped by men on one or two motorcycles in the Doharia area. A man came close to the car window and fired three rounds at him, the sources said. Chandranath was seated next to the driver.

A senior police officer said, "It's a planned murder. Because after he shot Rath, the killer waited for him to die."

Chandranath was rushed to a private hospital where he was declared dead. One of the doctors said that two persons were brought to the emergency section of the hospital. While one was brought dead, the other had sustained gunshot injuries, the doctor said.

Suvendu and Chandranath's wifes went to the hospital as soon as they learnt of the attack.

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At least 34 people, including two babies were killed when a contraband fuel depot exploded into flames in southern Benin near the border with Nigeria on Saturday.

According to Beninese Interior Minister Alassane Seidou, “a serious fire occurred in the town of Seme Podji. Another 20 people were seriously wounded in the incident.”

"I can't really give you the cause of the fire, but there is a large gasoline warehouse here and cars, tricycles and motorcycles come from morning to evening,” he added.

Nigeria is a main oil and gas producer where fuel smuggling is very common along its borders, particularly when the government maintains a subsidy to keep fuel prices low.

The majority of the victims were burnt and they could not be not be identified.

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