India, April 1 -- A district court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday against Arjun Singh, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from the local Barrackpore seat, in connection with a violence on March 2 in which he was accused of firing shots at some Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers, police said. One person sustained bullet injury in that incident.

"Charges were registered against Singh under five sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and two sections of the Indian Arms Act. Police moved the Barrackpore court because Singh did not respond to back-to-back summons saying he was out of station," a state police officer said requesting anonymity.

"The summons asked Singh to come ...