Additional personnel have reportedly been dispatched to the area, according to a Murshidabad district police officer, to preserve order.In a scuffle on Monday afternoon in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district while supporters of several political parties were canvassing for the state’s panchayat elections on July 8, four men were shot and four others were hurt, according to the police.The event happened near the Domkal police station in the district.”A police presence has been established there. On the condition of anonymity, a district police officer indicated that raids were being launched to apprehend individuals responsible for the incident.
The four guys who were wounded by bullets, according to Trinamool Congress (TMC), are adherents of the ruling party.”The CPI(M) and Congress together carried out the attack. Before the panchayat elections, they seek to cause trouble in Bengal to present a state of turmoil, according to TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh.When their procession was heading towards the location of their meeting, CPI(M) and Congress workers attacked us without cause, according to TMC worker Ali Hassan, who was hospitalised at Domkal. The other three injured people are relatives of mine.
Mostafizur Rehman, the secretary of the CPI(M)’s Domkal area committee, refuted the charge. “TMC workers obstructed the passage of CPI(M) and Congress workers as they were making their way to a public gathering in the Majhpara region. In the ensuing altercation, four of our employees were hurt,” Rehman added.Since the announcement of the panchayat election schedule on June 8, Bengal has experienced periodic acts of violence.
Between June 9 and June 15, eight people may have passed away during the filing of nomination papers in four districts. On June 9, a Congress employee who worked there was slain in Murshidabad.In light of the escalating violence, the Calcutta high court has directed the state electoral commission to deploy centralised armed police forces during the poll.