The West Bengal BJP leadership has claimed that two party supporters
and a minor suffered bullet injuries when police opened fire at them
during a clash with TMC activists at Patrasayar in Bankura district.
The
incident happened on Saturday evening when the three chanted 'Jai Shri
Ram' slogans in front of some Trinamool Congress workers, who were
returning from a rally led by state minister Suvendu Adhikari, BJP
leaders said.
Clashes broke out between the two groups allegedly over the chant, followed by a scuffle.
The BJP said police had fired to disperse the mob, a claim the police and the TMC denied.
"We resorted to lathicharge and fired tear gas shells when our personnel were pelted with stones," a police officer said.
Local
BJP leaders said that the three persons, including a 14-year-old boy,
was admitted to the Bankura Sammiloni Medical College and Hospital.
"Incidents
of such clashes are nothing new. The state administration and police
have completely failed to control the situation. The TMC government is
slowly turning the state into a police state," Bankura BJP MP Subhas
Sarkar alleged.
Rejecting the charge, senior TMC leader and
minister Subrata Mukherjee said blank cartridges should have been lying
around the spot if the police had opened fire.
Meanwhile, police has arrested BJP's local unit president Tamal Kanti Guin for his alleged involvement in the violence.
The saffron party on Sunday organised a road blockade in the area to protest against the incident.
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