Ten injured in violence between political activists in North 24 Parganas
North 24 Parganas (WB):At least ten people were injured during violence between
activists of the Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist at Sason Panchayat area in
the North 24 Parganas district on Sunday. The incident took place when candidates
of both the parties were about to file nominations at Dugdia Paltadanga high school
of the Sason Panchayat area. "The Inspector-in-charge of police station had called
for a peace meeting on Feb 13 evening. It was decided in the meeting that if
Trinamool
Congress activists resort to some sort of violence, then they would be responsible
for that and the same would be applied for the CPI-M. As the meeting was peaceful,
they (CPI-M supporters) felt that they would loose the election. So they fired
indiscriminately and discharged bombs with the help of outside cadres," said Shafikul
Alam, a leader of Trinamool Congress. Initially, police resorted to baton-charge
and bursting teargas shells to bring the situation under control but after failing
in the attempt, they had to fire in the air to control the situation.
