<p>A businessman and BJP leader was allegedly shot dead in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/west-bengal" target="_blank">West Bengal</a>'s Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday evening, police said.</p>.<p>Raju Jha, the Durgapur-based businessman, was on the way to Kolkata when he was attacked outside a sweet shop in Amra in Shaktigarh police station area, they said.</p>.<p>Two persons arrived in a car when Jha was waiting in his SUV outside the shop. While one of the accused broke the window glass of his car with a rod, the other one started firing at him, police said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/ncpcr-chief-claims-assault-by-cops-during-kolkata-visit-1205618.html" target="_blank">NCPCR chief claims assault by cops during Kolkata visit</a></strong></p>.<p>Several rounds were fired, killing Jha at the spot and injuring two other persons who were accompanying him, they said.</p>.<p>Jha, who was in the hotel business, had joined the BJP ahead of the last assembly elections. He was also arrested in a coal smuggling case.</p>.<p>Following the incident, the accused fled the spot. The injured persons were undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.</p>.<p>Senior police officers visited the spot where the incident happened.</p>.<p>Police said an investigation was started.</p>
<p>A businessman and BJP leader was allegedly shot dead in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/west-bengal" target="_blank">West Bengal</a>'s Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday evening, police said.</p>.<p>Raju Jha, the Durgapur-based businessman, was on the way to Kolkata when he was attacked outside a sweet shop in Amra in Shaktigarh police station area, they said.</p>.<p>Two persons arrived in a car when Jha was waiting in his SUV outside the shop. While one of the accused broke the window glass of his car with a rod, the other one started firing at him, police said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/ncpcr-chief-claims-assault-by-cops-during-kolkata-visit-1205618.html" target="_blank">NCPCR chief claims assault by cops during Kolkata visit</a></strong></p>.<p>Several rounds were fired, killing Jha at the spot and injuring two other persons who were accompanying him, they said.</p>.<p>Jha, who was in the hotel business, had joined the BJP ahead of the last assembly elections. He was also arrested in a coal smuggling case.</p>.<p>Following the incident, the accused fled the spot. The injured persons were undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.</p>.<p>Senior police officers visited the spot where the incident happened.</p>.<p>Police said an investigation was started.</p>