Firing in Nandigram
Gunshots and bomb explosions were heard here today, for the second time in the past three days. But, there were no casualties.
By PTI |
NANDIGRAM: Gunshots and bomb explosions were heard here today, for the second time in the past three days. But, there were no casualties.
Shots were fired and crude bombs hurled at Bhangabera area for half an hour, Superintendent of Police G A Srinivas said, adding there was no report of any casualty or injury in the incident.
Police personnel, posted at Tekhali bridge, did not intervene to prevent any flare-up as the firing went on for some time from both Bhangabera and Khejuri sides.
While the Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (BUPC), which is spearheading the movement against land acquisition, has been active for the past five months in Nandigram, the CPI(M) has its camps in the adjacent Khejuri area.
When asked, Trinamool Congress MLA and BUPC leader Shubhendu Adhikary denied any firing from the Nandigram side. He, however, accused the CPI(M) of trying to instigate violence from the Khejuri side by opening fire and triggering blasts.
Meanwhile, the BUPC decided to cancel its proposed rally to Khejuri today after a meeting with the administration last night. "We want the administration to intervene so that our people in Khejuri can safely return home," Adhikary said.
About the allegations that displaced CPI(M) supporters were yet to return home in Nandigram, the BUPC claimed those, not involved in the atrocities on people, were already returning "without any problem".
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