1 killed, 6 injured as TMC, BJP cadre clash
Kolkata: One person was killed and six others were injured in a clash between the TMC and the BJP in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, the police said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Muktinagar village under Dubrajpur Assembly constituency.
Kolkata, May 8: One person was killed and six others were injured in a clash between the TMC and the BJP in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, the police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred at Muktinagar village under Dubrajpur Assembly constituency when a group of people, allegedly BJP workers, tried to enter the houses of villagers on Friday night, a police officer said.
“Members of the Trinamul Congress, who were feasting nearby, came to their rescue and they clashed with the BJP workers leading to the death of one and injuries to six others,” the police officer said.
The injured are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Suri.
The incident took place when a fact-finding team of the Union Home Ministry is visiting the state to take stock of postpoll violence. The house of another TMC activist was ransacked at a place near the village on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, the fourmember team of the
Union home ministry on Saturday visited several violence-ravaged places of the state.
The team, led by an additional secretary of the ministry, flew to Birbhum district in the morning and from there they proceeded to several places, including Nanoor, which have been witnessing postpoll violence following the announcement of assembly poll results on May 2.
Members of the team then went to Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district and visited places like Kendamari Jalpai and spoke to locals.
The team, tasked with looking into reasons for the post-poll violence in West Bengal, had met governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Raj Bhavan on Friday.
The ministry has sought a report from Dhankhar on the law and order situation in Bengal, in view of the violence that erupted in the state following the announcement of assembly election results. The team had visited Budge Budge and Satgachia in South 24 Parganas district on Friday.