In gory incident one person died and several others injured in a clash between Marxist Coordination Centre and BJP party workers at Pithakiyari, Nirsa Sahid Maidan, barely 100 metres away from Nirsa police station in Dhanbad district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Machan Ravidas (41) a member of MCC party. The injured were rushed to the local hospital, released after providing first aid, police said.
The clash erupted after a dispute among the party cadres during a show of strength of both the political parties near Nirsa Sahid Maidan . Ravidas was brutally beaten by the angry mob and it broke his motorbike too, police said.
"We had to start a roadshow from Sahid Maidan but BJP workers resisted first," said Aroop Chatterjee the Nirsa sitting MlA. In moments a mob of local party workers rushed and attacked on Machan. They stated beating him with bamboo and iron rods, resulting into his death", added Chatterjee.
BJP workers, on the other hand, alleged that their roadshow was scheduled earlier and MCC workers started to create nuisance before their scheduled show. "Over the dispute of show the clash begun," said N Mishra a BJP party worker. "A case has been registered and we are investigating into the matter," said OC of Nirsa police station.