Four Trinamool Congress workers were arrested today on charges of attacking an official of the fishery department of Hooghly Zilla Parishad, a police officer said.
The incident happened in front of Chanditala Party office in Hooghly at 10.30pm last night.
The victimn, Afsar Hossein in-charge of the fishery department, was admiitted to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, the officer said.
Afsar Hossain alleged that Trinamool Congress workers attacked him adding that Mosaraf Ali, a Trinamool Congress panchayat samity member in Chanditala was behind the incident.
"Three miscreants came in a motorcycle and attacked me with a chopper first. Then shot me in the chest," Afsar Hossein said.
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