The incident occurred on Wednesday night near the victim’s house in Hathat Colony, under the Khargrabari-1 gram panchayat of Maynaguri.

By-elections will be held on Wednesday in four assembly seats in West Bengal— Maniktala in Kolkata, Ranaghat Dakshin in Nadia district, Bagdah in North 24 Parganas district and Raiganj in North Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district.

The TMC on Monday submitted its list of star campaigners to the Election Commission and Ghosh’s name was figured on the list.

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh’s remarks after a recent fall-out with the party has left one perplexed about his political belongingness.

The damaging statement from Ghosh came following his ouster from the party’s general secretary’s post.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has ousted Kunal Ghosh from his position as State General Secretary, following his recent praise for BJP candidate Tapas Roy, who defected from the TMC.

Ghosh, who has been seeking more prominence for next-generation leaders, had expressed his desire to resign as party spokesperson and state general secretary in March.

TMC spokesperson and state general secretary Kunal Ghosh has expressed his desire to resign from party posts. He accuses another senior leader Sudip Bandopadhyay of supporting the BJP.

The opposition BJP, which had claimed that Sheikh had been in "safe custody" of state police since Tuesday night, dubbed the arrest as scripted.

Around 50 activists of the BJP’s Mahila Morcha raised slogans against Ghosh, the TMC state general secretary, near his residence at Sukia Street-APC Road Crossing.