Violence at Nandigram injures 2
Nandigram, Mar 15: A day after the first remembrance anniversary of Nandigram killings, a village in the area today witnessed a fresh violence with clashes between the supporters of the Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee and CPI(M) over an election of a school committee at Hazrakata, police said.
The BUPC supporters while protesting against alleged threatening of guardians' voters of the school at Rajaramchak village attacked the CPI(M) activists early this morning, claimed a party supporter, which was quickly denied by the BPUC. The CPI(M), however, claimed that its supproters were peacefully moving from house to house urging the electors to vote in favour of their candidates. In the clashes two CPI(M) activists were injured and admitted to Nandigram hospital. The condition of one Shaikh Asad was stated to be critical.
Superintendent
of
Police,
East
Mindpur
district,
S.
S.
Panda
said
that
a
police
picket
has
been
posted
in
the
area
and
situation
was
under
control.
The
opposition
parties
and
many
intellectuals
and
celebrities
in
Bengal
yesterday
took
part
in
protests
against
the
police
firing
a
year
ago
at
Nandigram
in
which
fourteen
people
were
killed
and
many
injured.
UNI