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Forty-two-year-old Prajapat went to Agarwal's residence in the posh Nishat colony in Bhopal on Sunday morning and fired two bullets at him, and then rang up the police saying he had killed Agarwal, 49, and was going to surrender, city Superintendent of Police Vivek Sharma said.
The victim was rushed to Hamidia Hospital where he was stated to be out of danger, Sharma said.
An embarrassed party high command expelled Prajapat from the primary membership of the Congress.
AICC general secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh Mohsina Kidwai said Prajapat had been expelled from the party because there was no place for anyone in Congress who violated its creed of non-violence.
Sharma said of the two bullets fired at Agarwal, one grazed past his chin and the other got lodged in his shoulder. It was removed after an operation, he added.
"In fact, the news of Agarwal having survived may have come as a shock to Prajapat who told the police that he killed Agarwal," the SP said, adding Prajapat had been arrested on the charge of attempt to murder.
Sharma said the incident was the result of a news item in a local daily on Saturday about Prajapat's second marriage to a dancer from Ujjain.
Sharma said according to Prajapat the story had been published at the behest of Agarwal and this led to the shooting.
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