BJP booth level leader shot dead in West Bengal

Burdwan(WB), December 10

A BJP booth level leader was shot dead and a party worker seriously injured when unidentified miscreants attacked them in West Bengal's Paschim Burdwan district, police said on Monday.

The BJP booth-level president, Sandip Ghosh and party worker, Jaidip Banerjee, were returning home after attending a meeting when they were attacked by the miscreants at Malandighi Saraswatigunj area of the district on Sunday night, they said.

Banerjee has been admitted to a private hospital in Durgapur, they said.

Bijay Ghosh, the father of the deceased, said his son had told him that he was going to attend a picnic.

The BJP alleged that Ghosh was killed by TMC goons.

Denying the allegations, a Trinammol Congress district leader said that BJP's internal party rivalry was responsible for Ghosh's death. PTI