Congress worker stabbed, attack on Trinamool block President

A Congress worker was stabbed and left for dead by unidentified persons near his home while a Trinamool Congress block President narrowly escaped a bomb attack in separate incidents in Nadia district today.

Police said 34-year-old Goutam Kirtania, who is a businessman hiring out sound equipment was stabbed near his house in the jurisdiction of the Shatipur police station and left for dead, but regained consciousness and was able to reach home.

Congress-run Shantipur Municipality chairman Ajay De alleged that the CPI(M) was behind the attack.

Shantipur CPIM zonal committee secretary Shantanu Chakraborty denied the allegation.

The police said that it was a result of differences in Kirtania's family and not a political attack.

In Kotowali area under Krishnanagar-I block unidentified men hurled bombs at the Trinamool Block President Sailen Ghosh as he was returning from the house of Youth Welfare Minister Ujjwal Biswas in the wee hours.

Ghosh later lodged a complaint with local police alleging DYFI members Madhab Ghosh and Surajit Ghosh and CPI(M) activist Bangshi Ghosh were behind the attack.

Later Madhab Ghosh was arrested from home while two others were absconding, police said. Police later recovered an improvised fire-arm from the home of Bangshi.