Trinamool Congress leader opened fire at an anti-CAA protest in West Bengal's Murshidabad on Wednesday leaving at least two dead, the locals have said.

According to locals, TMC's Jalangi Block President Tahiruddin opened fire at the protesters, killing two people and injuring several others.

The two deceased have been identified as Maqbool Sheikh and Anirudh Biswas.

Shahrul Biswas, son of one of the deceased, said that the police did not do anything to stop the TMC leader.

"My father reads the namaz every day in the mosque. After that, he locks the mosque and comes back. Today, a strike was called in protest against CAA-NRC. While he was returning today, few Maruti vans came and the Jalangi Block President of TMC Tahiruddin started firing randomly. The police were present there but did not do anything to stop it. He was declared dead on bringing to the hospital," Shahrul Biswas told India Today TV.

Another local resident, Hira Khatun, whose brother was injured in the incident said, "My brother was shot in the knees. We are very poor and are not involved in any party politics. TMC workers shot my brother and the Jalangi Block President from TMC helped them."

Local TMC MP Abu Taher denied that the party was involved in the clash and alleged that the violence was by Congress and CPI(M) supporters. "I have requested the police to look into the incident. The culprits should be immediately arrested," he said.

"I heard that the ones who had called for the strike opened fire on the people when they asked for the strike to be lifted. It is completely a lie that any TMC member fired anyone," Jalangi MLA Abdul Razzak said.

According to the police, a scuffle broke out between the local TMC leaders and residents' forum 'Nagarik Mancha', which was observing a shutdown in the area against the amended citizenship act and the proposed country-wide NRC.

The residents' forum was asked to withdraw the shutdown and the situation turned violent as both sides came to blows and hurled bombs at each other. Several two-wheelers and cars were damaged and set on fire during the clash.

West Bengal: Two dead in clashes between pro and anti CAA/NRC protesters in Murshidabad yesterday. The two deceased have been identified as Anirudh Biswas and Maqbool Sheikh.More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/OAUANA59VF ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2020

The scuffle ended when police intervened and disbursed the crowd. The injured have been rushed to Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital here, the police said.

The Muslim-majority district had witnessed violence and arson during the anti-CAA protests across the state in December last year.

Congress MP from Murshidabad Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary also said that the protesters were attacked by the workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress party.

"Locals of Sahebnagar were protesting peacefully against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Suddenly, TMC goons attacked them with bombs," Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary told ANI.

(With inputs from Manogya Loiwal and news agencies)