BJP leader Firoz Kamal Gazi injured in attack in North 24-Parganas

BJP leader Firoz Kamal Gazi aka Babu Master was attacked by goons who fired bullets and hurled bombs at his vehicle near Minakhan in North 24-Parganas on Saturday evening while he was returning from a public meeting in Basirhat.

Sources said Gazi had been gravely injured and admitted to a private hospital in Calcutta.

Gazi, a former member of the executive committee of the North 24-Parganas Trinamul Congress, joined the BJP on December 18. He is considered close to Suvendu Adhikari who left Trinamul and joined the BJP.

Police sources said Gazi had been injured by splinters of the bombs. His car had been stopped by a speed breaker on the Basanti Highway when the attack happened.