Workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed at Sattor village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday. Both sides allegedly opened fire and hurled bombs at each other causing injuries to two.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hinted that the attack on the BJP workers was staged by the party itself. She, however, did not name the BJP.
“Some people are indulging in such acts as they are unable to gain any ground politically. They are also circulating fake photographs (of clashes),” Ms. Banerjee told journalists after holding a meeting with district officials in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas.
According to the district police, no one has been arrested in the case. “We are conducting raids and the miscreants will be arrested soon,” Mukesh Ranjan, Superintendent of Police of Birbhum, told The Hindu .
He also said that while one person was assaulted by some people on Wednesday morning, one Seikh Lalon was injured after he fell down while running with bombs.
The SP pointed out that the doctors of a private nursing home attending to him had noticed bomb injuries on his body.
Meanwhile, BJP MLA Sameek Bhattacharya, who led a party delegation to Sattor, accused the TMC of launching unprovoked attacks on his party workers and creating lawlessness in the area.