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Rivals clash again in Nandigram

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5 injured, security tightened

Biman Bose appeals for peace

Bodies of two missing persons found at Domkul

Kolkata: Fresh violence erupted at Nandigram in West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district on Thursday, a day after the Trinamool Congress’s resounding victory in the panchayat elections in the area.

Supporters of the Trinamool and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) clashed and hurled bombs at each other at Satengabari and Sonachura, according to reports reaching here. Five persons were injured.

Leaders of the parties blamed supporters of the rival groups for the trouble. Security has been strengthened in the affected areas.

Mamata’s charge

Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who described her party’s victory in Nandigram as a verdict against the “CPI(M)’s reign of terror” there, held the CPI(M) responsible for the fresh spurt of violence. “They [CPI(M) supporters] have started their terror tactics again, even after suffering reverses in the panchayat elections.”

Biman Bose, Left Front Committee chairman, appealed to all constituents of the Front and the Opposition to maintain the peace.

Meanwhile, the bodies of two persons, stated to be CPI(M) supporters, were found at Domkul in Murshidabad district, the scene of violence during the May 18 elections.

The two had been reported missing since Wednesday evening, after the zilla parishad election results were announced. They were killed after having been abducted by political rivals, said Animal Resources Minister Anisur Rahaman, who hails from the district.

He apprised Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of the developments in Murshidabad and sought additional security forces there.

On the polls in Murshidabad district, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi alleged that the local administration was partisan in the run-up to and during the elections.

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