West Bengal: BJP local leader shot at in Nadia District
A 32-year-old local BJP leader was shot at and injured in the Haringhata area of West Bengal's Nadia District, the police personnel said on Sunday. The Superintendent of Police of Ranaghat Police District, VSR Ananthnag said that during a patrol, police personnel found Sanjay Das near a tea stall at Kapileswar Santoshpur and admitted him to a hospital.
On noticing policemen, all except one person fled: SP
The SP said, "When policemen on patrol stopped their vehicle near a tea stall beside National Highway 12 at around 2:30 am on Sunday, they found some people were sitting on the ground a short distance away. On noticing the policemen, all except one person fled."
Das was hit in waist, was in an inebriated condition
"The trouser of the person, later identified as Das, was soaked in blood and he was in an inebriated condition. He told police that one person in the group fired at him following an argument over some political issue and the bullet hit him in the waist," Ananthnag said. Das's father lodged a complaint with police in the evening, naming several people as accused.
BJP alleges Trinamool Congress is behind the attack
Das, a booth president of the BJP under ward no. 10 of Haringhata Municipality is stated to be out of danger. The BJP alleged that goons sheltered by the Trinamool Congress were behind the incident. Trinamool Congress has denied the charge and claimed that it was the fallout of a clash among the members of a group, who are associated with the saffron party.
