Overview
- Police and witnesses said two men on a motorcycle fired at Trilokesh Dhali near the Sridham bus stand on Sagar Island and fled.
- Officers reported two shots were fired, with accounts differing on whether he was hit in the chest or the stomach.
- Dhali received emergency care at Sagar Rural Hospital before being transferred to Kolkata, where he remains in critical condition.
- Gangasagar police have opened a case and are searching for the assailants, with no arrests announced.
- Dhali’s family alleged TMC-backed attackers and a political motive tied to a possible BJP candidature, which TMC rejected while suggesting BJP factional rivalry.