Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organisational leader in Central Gujarat and former Bharuch district BJP president Shirishbhai Bengali was shot dead around 7 pm on Monday when he was in his private office. The attackers came on a motorbike, said district BJP president Yogesh Patel.
Bengali has served as a director with the Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation. He had also served as district BJP general secretary. He was originally from Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, but later joined the BJP.
Another BJP worker, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha(BJYM) Bharuch general secretary Pragnesh Mistry was also shot at in same incident. He is under treatment in critical condition.