Kolkata, WEST BENGAL :

Farzana Alam, former Deputy Mayor of Kolkata died on May 11.

Alam was injured in an attack by the Trinamool Congress workers on April 30 during an opposition sponsored bandh in the city.

She was since admitted in a private nursing home. No one from the ruling TMC party or Government visited her.

Alam was elected in 2010 from ward no. 28 and was made the first Muslim woman deputy mayor.

She fought the recently concluded Kolkata Municipal Corporation election as a TMC candidate, but lost to Nebindita Sharma due to opposition within the party. She had accused State cabinet minister Subroto Mukherji for her defeat.

source: http://www.islamicvoice.com / Islamic Voice / Home> People / headline edited / June 2015