Malda: Union minister AH Khan Chowdhury was fired at while moving in an open jeep in the Malda district of Bengal today.
The Congressman, who is the junior minister for health at the Centre, is reported to be safe.
Mr Chowdhury is the MP from Malda South and was campaigning in Kaliachak for the panchayat elections being held in the state, when five shots were allegedly fired at him.