A BJP leader from the minority community was shot at in Kumarganj area of Pukhuria police station on Sunday night.

Sadek Ali, who took two bullets on his left elbow, is admitted to the Malda Medical College and Hospital.

The BJP accused Trinamul of orchestrating the attack. Trinamul denied the charges.

Ali told his party colleagues that he was returning home after attending a party event in Samsi when a truck blocked his car. When he got off his car, some persons led by the husband and son of Selina Bibi, the head of the Trinamulrun Kumarganj panchayat, fired at him, alleged a BJP leader, quoting Ali. “The first two bullets missed him but two others hit him on the (left) elbow.”

On Monday, a BJP delegation led by Malda North MP Khagen Murmu went to the hospital and spoke to Ali. Sayantan Basu, state BJP generalsecretary, also met Ali and told the media that the attack indicated that Trinamul was “scared” that people from minority communities were joining the BJP.

Malda district Trinamul chief Mausam Noor blamed “acute infighting in the BJP across Malda” for the firing. “We have spoken to residents who said BJP’s camp squabbling led to the firing. Trinamul has no link with the incident,” she said.

The BJP will launch a movement across the district if no arrests are made within next 48 hours, its leaders said.

Police visited the spot, met Ali and started a probe, said Gautam Choudhury, the officerincharge of Pukhuria police station.