Overview

• Police apprehended 35-year-old Binay Ray late on August 16 at Boxirhat Naka Point, linking him to the August 9 shooting that killed TMC youth leader Amar Ray.
• Officers recovered a 9mm pistol and four rounds of ammunition from the suspect that are believed to have been used in the market attack.
• Authorities say Ray, who had been living in Siliguri for several years, has prior criminal cases including theft, robbery and a POCSO charge.
• The suspect was produced before a Cooch Behar court and remanded to eight days of police custody for questioning and forensic examination.
• Investigators are examining a long-standing personal feud alongside political and business motive lines as they pursue leads on possible accomplices.