NANDIGRAM (WEST BENGAL): Seventeen people were injured, some critically, as fresh trouble flared up in Nandigram villages on Tuesday morning as warring groups of Trinamool Congress (TC) and CPM fought each other with bombs and firearms.
Police said the injured included 15 Trinamool Congress activists, all of whom were rushed to a primary health clinic at Jonka.
The condition of people with gunshot wounds has been stated to be serious.
Sixty policemen were posted at the villages of Jonka and Vidyapith, S S Panda, SP of East Midnapore said.
Panda said none was arrested till now but refused to say whether raids were ordered to unearth the stockpiles of bombs, arms and ammunition.
Seven people were injured in an armed clash in the area on Monday night.
Meanwhile, the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) held a protest demonstration in front of the Nandigram Police Station and demanded that the police immediately seize firearms from CPM cadre in trouble-torn areas.
Source : Times Of India
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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