Kolkata, February 22 A Trinamool Congress legislator on Sunday alleged that miscreants hurled crude bombs and fired at his vehicle in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police said.
MLA Saokat Molla claimed the attack took place on Saturday evening in Bhangar while he was returning home after lodging a complaint at the Polerhat police station regarding an earlier assault on a party colleague allegedly by supporters of the Indian Secular Front (ISF).
No injuries were reported, although one of the vehicles in Molla's convoy was damaged, a police official said.
A team reached the spot soon after receiving information and recovered two crude bombs and bomb-making materials from the area.
Molla alleged that supporters of the ISF were behind the attack.
He said TMC workers had been assaulted earlier in the evening during a meeting in South Gazipur village of the Bhangar constituency, leaving several people injured, including a local party functionary in critical condition.
The MLA further alleged that the violence was instigated by ISF MLA from Bhangar, Nawsad Siddique.
Siddique denied the allegations, accusing Molla himself of plotting the attack with his own people.
Police said an investigation has been initiated and efforts are on to identify those involved in the incident.