West Bengal reports scuffle and clashes during 3rd phase of 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Kolkata: Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from Malda and Murshidabad districts as four Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal went to polls on Tuesday. Several Trinamool and Congress workers got injured in Malda in clashes between the two parties. Bombs were hurled in Malda's Ratua and Manikchak. Eight people, including Congress and Trinamool workers, were injured, police said. ECI has sought a detailed report on the matter.

This phase is an acid test for the Left and Congress as two Malda seats - Malda South and Malda North - and Murshidabad and Jangipur went to polls. Murshidabad CPIM candidate Mohammed Salim 'caught two fake agents' posing as Left agents in Raninagar's Keshabpur. He identified them at a booth in Domkal. They were handed over to the police later. Salim was also involved in a scuffle with Trinamool supporters at a village in Raninagar, who shouted "go back".

In Malda's Batnar Rampur, a bomb exploded. In Malda's Sujapur, three Trinamool workers received eye injuries after being beaten with a bamboo stick, allegedly by Congressmen.


BJP's Jangipur candidate Dhananjay Ghosh engaged in a scuffle with Trinamool workers. Ghosh allegedly threatened to do a repeat of the Sitalkuchi incident. AITC has filed a complaint against Ghosh for heckling and assaulting Trinamool's block chief.

In South Malda, a Trinamool worker's eye was injured in a scuffle with Congress members. Congress's Malda candidate Isha Khan Chowdhury said, "Except for a few minor incidents, voting was peaceful."