Five injured in firing at Trinamool councillor’s office

Five Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers, including the husband of a councillor of Kharagpur Municipality, were injured when miscreants fired at them at Kharagpur in Midnapore West district on Wednesday, police said.

The party workers were inside the office of ward 18 councillor A. Puja at Nayakhuli locality when the miscreants hurled a bomb and fired indiscriminately.

Five persons including Ms. Puja’s husband Srinu Naidu were injured in the firing, police said.

While Mr. Naidu and another injured were taken to a Kolkata hospital, the three others were admitted to Midnapore Medical College and Hospital.

Investigation is on and no arrests have been made so far, police said.

Tension prevailed in the area and a police picket has been posted there.