10 injured in clash between CPI(M), Trinamool Congress

Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) supporters clashed during Kolkata Corporation polls at Baghajatin in South 24 Parganas district today, leaving ten injured, police said.

Stone pelting occurred in the clash during the elections to borough no 11 and 12 under the added area of the Kolkata Corporation, they said.

Among the injured were Trinamool Congress leader Rupa Bachi and CPI(M) leader Chandana Ghosh Dastidar. All have been admitted to the SSKM hospital.

Police and Rapid Action Force personnel lathi-charged the rival groups to disperse them.

The CPI(M) alleged Trinamool supporters provoked them when they were peacefully demonstrating against the "unethical way" the elections were being conducted in both the boroughs.

The Trinamool Congress, on the other hand, claimed that police and the CPI(M) supporters attacked them, leaving many injured.

The CPI(M) has called a bandh in the two boroughs tomorrow in wake of the violence.