Security forces reportedly fired several rounds after clashes broke out on Sunday between cadres of BJP and ruling Trinamool Congress over celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas adjacent to Kolkata.
Though there was no official statement from any side locals said forces manning BJP MP Arjun Singh’s security fired several rounds in the air
after brickbats were hurled from both sides when Singh the local MP rushed to a
spot where the members of two parties were exchanging
blows.
The BJP MP was rescued and sent to his residence safely, said Joint Commissioner of Police Dhruba Jyoti Dey.
“This is how the TMC is trying to capture Bengal … this is the kind of democracy they have established in the State,” Singh said after the incident. “Our men had gone to garland a statue of Netaji when the TMC goons stopped them from doing so … when our men protested they attacked them and even fired shots,” Singh said.
Local TMC MLA Partho Bhowmick however rejected the charges saying it were “the BJP goons who attacked the TMC men … after which Arjun Singh came with his security men and lathi-charged our workers and his forces fired in the air … I will request the police to investigate as to who resorted to the firing.”