KOLKATA, Nov. 3 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from West Bengal's Debra, Subhashis Om, was hospitalised with multiple injuries on Monday evening after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of party workers, police said.

The legislator has named six people in a handwritten complaint to the Debra police station, a West Midnapore district police officer said.

The MLA was initially admitted to the Debra hospital with injuries to the head and arms, and later shifted to the Midnapore district hospital, the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

"I was trying to stop some party workers from filing police cases against each other when I was attacked. Our mission is to end extortion," the legislator told reporters at ...