A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was shot at and critically injured by unidentified persons in West Bengal's Birbhum district Sunday, police said.
TMC Khayrasole block president Dipak Ghosh was riding a motorcycle with a party worker when unidentified persons fired at him near Khayrasole village, they said.
Ghosh received bullet injuries on his shoulder and lower part of the body, the police said, adding he has been admitted at a private nursing home in Durgapur in a serious condition.
The Birbhum district TMC president Anubrata Mondal alleged that goons hired by the BJP attacked Ghosh.
The BJP district president Ramkrishna Roy denied the allegations of Mondal and instead alleged that TMC group rivalry was behind the attack.
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