Five injured in post-poll clashes in Kolkata’s Behala; TMC, BJP trade charges

KOLKATA, April 30: At least five persons were injured in a clash between TMC and BJP supporters in south Kolkata’s Behala on Wednesday night, hours after the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls ended, police said.
The incident took place at Ramkrishnapalli in ward 129 under Behala Paschim, where the injured included former councillor and TMC leader Anjan Das, they said, adding that two persons were detained on Thursday in connection with the incident.
“A few of our party workers were sitting at a local office when a group of BJP-backed miscreants attacked them with bricks and bamboo sticks,” a TMC leader in the locality alleged.
In the attack, Das sustained a head injury, while others suffered fractures and multiple injuries, he claimed. TMC candidate from Behala Paschim, Ratna Chatterjee, alleged that the attack was unprovoked.
The BJP denied the allegations and blamed the TMC for initiating the violence. BJP leader Debjit Sarkar alleged that TMC supporters first attacked a saffron party worker.
Police said the matter is being investigated, and police personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order. The situation remained tense in the locality following the incident. (PTI)