TWO SENIOR CPI(M) LEADERS ATTACKED IN TRIPURA

AGARTALA: Two senior CPI(M) leaders were attacked by miscreants in two different places in Tripura, police said Monday. CPI(M) MLA and former minister Ratan Bhowmick was attacked by miscreants in Gomati district on Monday while the convoy of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Tripura Assembly, Badal Chowdhury was attacked by miscreants in South Tripura district on Sunday, police said. Chowdhury, in a press conference here on Monday, alleged that both he and Bhowmick were attacked by goons of the BJP. BJP Tripura unit Spokesperson Nabendu Bhattacharya denied the allegations of Chowdhury. Chowdhury said Bhowmick went meet two CPI-M leaders in Gomati district on Monday who were earlier attacked allegedly by BJP supporters.