A Dainik Statesman reporter had a close shave on Sunday when two assailants in a two-wheeler (without number) shot at him. He wrote a series of exposes on the CPI(M)¿s corruption and misdeeds. Asked about this incident at the press club of Kolkata, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said " terroristic assaults" had increased after the ascendance of the Trinamool-Congress. (The Statesman)