This story is from April 12, 2021

Poll violence hits parts of Kolkata and Howrah

Poll violence hits parts of Kolkata and Howrah
KOLKATA/HOWRAH: Stray incidents of violence were reported from Cossipore and Kasba areas as parts of Kolkata were busy voting on Saturday. The police arrested two while six people were injured in these incidents.
According to police, a biker in Cossipore, with allegiance to a particular political party, got involved in an argument with a group of locals. “Within a few minutes, it took a political turn with supporters of TMC and BJP — armed with sticks and bamboo poles — attacking each other.
Both sides claimed that their female supporters were molested and assaulted,” claimed a local.
The north division police have now set up a picket in the area. The police on Sunday also arrested two persons — identified as Amit Kumar Singh alias Raja and Prabhat Mondal, owing allegiance to two different parties.
Kasba’s BJP candidate Indranil Khan alleged that bike-borne miscreants threatened the voters even after election hours. Meanwhile, both TMC and BJP accused each other of ransacking their party offices and assaulting their supporters at Anandapur’s Chowbhaga under Kasba assembly seat.
At Howrah’s Chatterjeehat, trouble erupted after BJP claimed that one of their supporters was assaulted by TMC workers. TMC youth wing’s South Howrah leader Partho Ghosh denied the claims, saying that BJP workers instead were trying to “kill” him after the polling process ended at north Howrah.
(With inputs from Rupak Banerjee in Howrah)
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