The death toll in the recent attack outside the American cultural centre in Kolkata rose to five on Thursday after a police guard succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Asraf Ali, 28, had been critically wounded when motorcycle-borne gunmen opened fire on guards changing shift outside the Kolkata centre early on the morning of January 22, killing four of them on the spot.
Ali had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Two Pakistani nationals who allegedly carried out the attack were shot and killed on Sunday by policemen in Jharkhand. Bureau Report