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West Bengal: BJP leader shot at in East Midnapore

Tamluk: Tension erupted at Khejuri in East Midnapore on Sunday afternoon after a district BJP leader suffered a bullet injury.

BJP workers said Pabitra Das was seriously wounded after a group of miscreants attacked party supporters, hurled bombs and opened fire. Das has been hospitalised.

A strong police contingent was posted as BJP workers put up roadblocks in the area demanding immediate arrest of the criminals.



BJP leaders alleged that some Trinamool Congress supporters were selling off trees uprooted during Cyclone Amphan without following any norms. The workers said they were attacked with arms when they protested against it.

TMC refuted the claims and said the party had no link with the attackers and that it was an internal feud of BJP.

BJP claimed several thousand trees had been uprooted in the area and Trinamool was minting money by selling them to private parties without any tender.

TMC MP Sisir Adhikari said police would determine if there was any case of firing. He alleged that Das was a former CPM activist now with BJP, adding that the clash was among the local BJP and CPM to control the area. “Whether it was a gunshot injury or a firing from an air gun will be determined by police,” Adhikari said.

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said: “There have been repeated instances of attacks on BJP activists in Khejuri. Sunday’s incident happened in front of the police, but there are no arrests.”

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