A BJP worker has been shot at by a TMC activist in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police said on Sunday.
He is being treated at a state-run hospital in Kolkata and his condition is stated to be stable, they said.
The BJP, claiming it had been political violence, allegedly ransacked the TMC worker’s house, while the police and therefore the ruling party within the state said the incident was a fallout of a land dispute between the 2 neighbours.
The incident happened in Chandanapara in Bagnan police headquarters area when 52-year-old flower trader Kinkar Majhi was returning home on Saturday night, a policeman said.
TMC worker Paritosh Majhi and a few others stopped Kinkar Majhi, who is additionally his neighbour, and shot at the BJP activist from an in depth range over an old land dispute, he said.
They fled the spot when locals heard the gunshot and rushed to save lots of Kinkar Majhi, the officer said.
He was admitted to Uluberia super-specialty hospital, from where he was shifted to a hospital in Kolkata, he said.
Local BJP leader Anupam Mallick, however, claimed the accused had issued death threats to the saffron party worker.
“The BJP’s clout is growing within the area and our worker was shot at to suppress this tide,” he said.
TMC’s Bagnan MLA Arunava Sen, however, dismissed the allegations and said the incident was a fallout of an old rivalry and doesn’t have any political link.
“We have requested the police to bring the culprits to the book soon,” he said.
Further investigation is underway and nobody has been arrested thus far , the policeman added.