Berhampore, Oct. 3 -- All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from West Bengal's Sagardighi constituency, Bayron Biswas, who joined Ritabrata Banerjee-led Democratic Trinamool Congress (DTC) after the party split, was injured after a fire broke out at his residence in Murshidabad on Saturday morning, police said.

"A fire broke out in Biswas' residence in Dhuliyan on Saturday morning. He sustained burn injuries and had to be rushed to a nursing home in Dhuliyan," an officer from the Samserganj police station said.

Preliminary investigation by the police revealed that the fire broke out around 11 am. No other family members were injured. Black smoke could be seen billowing out of his house.

According to locals, he sustained burn injuries ...