A West Bengal Police constable took a bullet to his leg on the Bolpur-Nanoor main road when a cornered suspect opened fire at point-blank range and fled into the surrounding Birbhum hinterland.
Biswajit Das, a constable attached to the Santiniketan Police Station, collapsed on the tarmac near a shuttered private nursing home in Laik Bazar after an unexpected confrontation with the target turned violent. Backup units deployed to the sector evacuated Das to Bolpur Sub-Divisional Hospital, where medical staff admitted him for emergency surgical care. He remains under close clinical observation.
The shooter slipped away on foot.
Two personnel on a single motorcycle set out to track the suspect across the rural fringes of Santiniketan. They rode without heavy escort. As the patrol neared the closed medical facility along the state transit corridor, the officers intercepted the target unexpectedly on the open road. The confrontation turned instantly volatile. When Das and his fellow officer moved in to secure physical custody, the suspect pulled a firearm and discharged rounds at the team before sprinting into the surrounding terrain.
District police commanders moved rapidly to counter circulating local speculation regarding where the attack occurred. Official statements confirmed the ambush happened entirely in the open along the thoroughfare, firmly denying that police had entered or been summoned inside any residential compound prior to the gunfire.
| Case Parameter | Official Status |
|---|---|
| Injured Officer | Constable Biswajit Das |
| Sustained Injury | Single gunshot wound to the leg |
| Incident Site | Bolpur-Nanoor Main Road, Laik Bazar |
| Operating Jurisdiction | Santiniketan Police Station, Birbhum |
| Medical Facility | Bolpur Sub-Divisional Hospital |
| Accused Status | Unidentified; absconding |
Police administrators have not released the identity of the shooter, the specific penal code sections under which officers initially sought him, or his permanent address. Investigators have withheld those details pending operational breakthroughs across Birbhum district.
Gun violence remains an acute flashpoint across the Bolpur-Santiniketan perimeter. This ambush marks the second recorded firearms attack in the jurisdiction following the earlier fatal shooting of a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader. The back-to-back armed confrontations have put operational protocols and patrol vulnerability under severe scrutiny across the district administration.
Santiniketan Police have cordoned off the ambush perimeter along the Bolpur-Nanoor artery for ballistic mapping, while dedicated pursuit teams comb adjacent rural belts to apprehend the suspect.