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20 Injured In West Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence

By
Tazeen Qureshy

Kolkata: At least 20 people were injured after clashes broke out in Cooch Behar during the ongoing Panchayat polls in West Bengal on Monday.

As per ANI report, the voters were allegedly attacked by a group of Trinamool Congress workers at a poll station.

“A group of us had gone to cast our vote at a polling booth. We were attacked by a group of TMC workers with lathis (sticks),” ANI report quoted a local.

Similar incidents of poll violence have been reported from several other places as well.

A media vehicle was torched in Bhangar, and the camera was also broken.

A report also suggests that BJP supporter Sujit Kumar Das was slapped by West Bengal Minister Rabindra Nath Ghosh at Cooch Behar in the presence of police.

On Sunday night, a CPM worker and his wife were charred to death after their house set on fire. TMC workers are being alleged to be responsible for the attack.

In Cooch Belar, a TMC workers was shot at, late on Sunday, and has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition.

The voting for Panchayat polls began at 7 in the morning and will continue till 5pm. The counting will be held on May 17.

Tazeen Qureshy

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