KOLKATA: A 25-year-old BJP worker,

, who had defected from Trinamool Congress weeks before the election, was allegedly shot outside his home in Nadia’s Chakdaha on Friday night.

BJP district secretary Tarak Sarkar said “TMC goons” were behind the attack and vowed to block railway tracks and roads to protest against the murder. No reactions were, however, available from Trinamool leaders till late in the night.

In Kolkata, Trinamool workers at Satyen Bose Colony in Ward 67 at Kasba alleged its polling agents were attacked and their houses were ransacked.

Two Trinamool supporters were injured.

Police sources said at least 15 shops and a couple of bikes were set on fire by a gang of 30 masked men from Thursday night at Kakinara Railway Bazar spread over wards 7 and 8. Later, around 10.30pm Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh reached the spot to take stock of the situation.

Senior police officers — led by ADG (south Bengal) Sanjay singh — took stock of the situation on Friday and it was decided that special patrolling by CAPF will be done in places like Kakinara Bazar, Nayabazar and Rustompatti.

At Bhangar, the anti-power grid committee claimed its supporters were targeted from Thursday night. Clashes between BJP and CPM were reported from Naihati station Road.