TMC man shot at, bombs hurled at party neta’s house

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionary was shot at in a tea stall in Basirhat and bombs were hurled at another’s house in Amdanga as violence raged across North 24 Parganas in West Bengal. A BJP functionary was injured after he was beaten up in Haroa. Basirhat TMC functionary Altaf Mali, 38, was at a tea stall when six to seven armed youths fired at him twice. The bullets hit Mali in his waist and back. He was rushed to hospital where he underwent surgery. According to police sources, history sheeter Ayub Gaji was among the attackers. As the news spread, a group of TMC supporters allegedly ransacked Gaji’s house and shop. In another incident, bombs were hurled at the house of an Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress (INTTUC) functionary Abdul Hannan at Amdanga’s Beraberia. The family managed to escape unhurt while the house was damaged.