Situation tense in Nandigram
Congress & SUCI have separately called for 12-hr shutdown tomorrow to protest against the police action.
By PTI |
NANDIGRAM (WB): Simmering tension continued to prevail here today in the wake of violence and police firing that claimed at least 11 lives even as security personnel patrolled affected villages to prevent further recurrence of trouble.
Police said they were still searching for bodies in the troubled areas of Nandigram even as the opposition parties including Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed the death toll was "much much higher".
Banerjee, who could not proceed to Nandigram last night due to resistance by alleged CPI(M) activists, returned to Nandkumar and stayed there for the night before taking fresh move to march towards the affected areas of Nandigram this morning.
The condition of some of the injured people admitted to different hospitals in East Midnapore district was critical and some of the injured have been rushed to Kolkata hospitals for treatment, police said.
In a fresh flare of violence at Nandigram yesterday, police fired several rounds in "self defence" to ward off an armed attack by villagers as they tried to enter the villages after two months.
The entire area turned into a battlefield and and violence continued for sometime.
Meanwhile, the opposition Trinamool Congress, Congress and SUCI have separately called for 12-hour shutdown tomorrow to protest against the police action. The BJP has called for a 24-hour shutdown tomorrow.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had reviewed the situation in Nandigram at an urgent high-level meeting with the Chief Secretary, Home secretary and other senior government officials. He is expected make a statement on the Nandigram issue today.
Govenor Gopal Krishan Gandhi in a statement had expressed "a sense of cold horror" at the Nandigram incident and had urged the state government to urgently mitigate the effects of yesterday's incident.
Police said they were still searching for bodies in the troubled areas of Nandigram even as the opposition parties including Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed the death toll was "much much higher".
Banerjee, who could not proceed to Nandigram last night due to resistance by alleged CPI(M) activists, returned to Nandkumar and stayed there for the night before taking fresh move to march towards the affected areas of Nandigram this morning.
The condition of some of the injured people admitted to different hospitals in East Midnapore district was critical and some of the injured have been rushed to Kolkata hospitals for treatment, police said.
In a fresh flare of violence at Nandigram yesterday, police fired several rounds in "self defence" to ward off an armed attack by villagers as they tried to enter the villages after two months.
The entire area turned into a battlefield and and violence continued for sometime.
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Meanwhile, the opposition Trinamool Congress, Congress and SUCI have separately called for 12-hour shutdown tomorrow to protest against the police action. The BJP has called for a 24-hour shutdown tomorrow.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had reviewed the situation in Nandigram at an urgent high-level meeting with the Chief Secretary, Home secretary and other senior government officials. He is expected make a statement on the Nandigram issue today.
Govenor Gopal Krishan Gandhi in a statement had expressed "a sense of cold horror" at the Nandigram incident and had urged the state government to urgently mitigate the effects of yesterday's incident.
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