Burdwan:
Three persons were today arrested who had shot dead a man when he protested rape attempts on his two sisters at Dainhat in Burdwan district, police said.
The three arrested are Kamal Sikdar, Habul Sheikh and Mustafa Sheikh, police sources said adding that they would be produced tomorrow in Katwa sub-divisional court.
Ganesh Murmu (22) was shot from close range on Sunday when he stopped the youths from raping his two sisters at their home at Nasipur Adivasi Para in Dainhat.
The police said that the youths broke into their home and tried to rape Murmu's sisters. They shot Murmu when he raised an alarm as they tried to abduct and rape his sisters.