Kolkata, Nov 23 (TIWN) The Howrah minority cell leader of Trinamool Congress Wahzul Khan succumbed to gunshot injuries on Tuesday.

"On Monday, he was going back home when some people with fire-arms came and shot him from a close range. Three bullets were pumped in him. He was rushed to the hospital but he died in the morning," Khan added.

Police arrested four people in this connection and are looking for three more. "We watched the CCTV and could identify two of them. Interrogating the duo, we arrested two more. We are interrogating them and are hopeful that we will be able to arrest the rest of the culprits," a senior Howrah district police officer said.

Speaking to the media, the party's Howrah district President Kalyan Ghosh said, "He was a very good organiser and it is a huge loss for us. Corporation election is round the corner and we believe that the BJP is behind the murder. It was becoming difficult for them to control several wards that were under him". BJP, however, refuted the allegation.

On Saturday night, Trinamool Congress youth leader was shot dead by some miscreants at Canning in South 24 Parganas. The deceased identified as Maharam Sk - a Trinamool leader of Nikarihat Gram Panchayat was rushed to SSKM after he was shot from a close range. Sk died in the hospital on Sunday afternoon.