Six BJP activists injured in bomb blast in Bengal
(Sourced from PTI)
Six BJP activists were injured, two of them critically, in an alleged bomb attack by the rival TMC workers in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday. Family members of those injured alleged that a few local TMC members hurled bombs at them while they were returning home in Gosaba area of the district from a marriage ceremony late Friday night.
Police, however, claimed that the accident happened inside the house of a BJP activist where the crude bombs were being manufactured and went off accidentally. "We have listened to the claims of the family members of those injured but it seems that they were manufacturing bombs when it exploded," the officer said. "We are investigating the matter and talking to the locals," he said.
Unconfirmed reports said that on Friday night, Gosaba witnessed clashes between TMC-BJP activists when bombs were hurled at each other, leaving six injured. "Nobody has been arrested in connection with the blast," the police officer added.
According to Livemint, among the injured are Shovan Debnath, Vikram Shil, Arpan Debnath, Swapan Kurali, Mahadev Naik, and others. However, TMC has denied all allegations. Local TMC leaders claimed that BJP leaders and activists were trying to create an atmosphere of terror before the polls. Allegedly, BJP member Varun Pramanik was making bombs at BJP activist Balaram Mandal's house, according to Asianetnews.
"The injured are undergoing treatment at Canning Sub-Divisional Hospital," the officer said. "A huge number of policemen have been deployed there as sleuths of the bomb squad and forensic department reached the spot," he said. Gosaba reserved assembly is scheduled to vote in the second phase of the assembly elections on April 1.
