KOLKATA: Gopalnagar Road near Alipore, slightly a kilometre from the Alipore court and the DGP's place of dwelling, become a battlefield late on Wednesday as supporters of two local Trinamool leaders, wielding country-made revolvers, hockey sticks, and bamboo, had a free-for-all for an hour until middle of the night. The combat, it sounds as if over the keep watch over of a not too long ago evacuated vacant plot in the neighbourhood, left at least 15 folks injured and 5 cars and 9 two-wheelers vandalized.
Cops from the Alipore police station and the anti-rowdy squad of the detective division have to this point arrested 15 folks, reserving them for try to homicide, rioting and under the provisions of the Arms Act.
The conflict broke out just a little after 10pm, when citizens of Gopalnagar and those residing with reference to Chetla Haat have been startled to hear pay attention a noisy commotion within sight, with groups yelling at the most sensible of their voices. Soon, they heard one thing which seemed like furniture being shattered and hurled at each different. Within 10 mins, recalled 70-year-old Chhabi Das, explosive noises filled the air, of folks vandalizing and smashing automobiles and motorcycles. Later, it grew to become out an ambulance, 3 personal automobiles, a taxi and 9 two-wheelers have been wrecked, the police stated. One of the injured, Saheb Rajak (30), suffered critical head injuries.
According to the police, the warring males have their allegiance to 2 Trinamool leaders Pratap Saha and Biplab Mitra. Allegedly with reference to a south Kolkata minister, Saha had in November 2014 led a mob attack on the Alipore police station, whilst Mitra, president of ward 74, is an old-timer in Trinamool, perceived with reference to leaders at Hazra and Bhowanipore. Though each leaders declined remark, they accused the other of orchestrating the attack.
The police stated most of the accused have been citizens of Karl Marx Sarani, suggesting various outsiders have been "deployed" to hold out a supposedly deliberate attack on ward 74 Trinamool party workplace around 10.30 pm. Local Trinamool individuals as well as the police identified that regardless that enmity between the 2 factions were brewing, the speedy trigger have been essentially two reasons: one, the tussle to keep watch over a not too long ago evacuated vacant plot in the Gopalnagar-Chetla Haat house and a few Saha loyalists joining the Mitra camp.
"Around 50 of us were sitting at the party office on Gopal Nagar Road. My father, Biplab Mitra, was sitting near the TV, when around 100 of Saha's men barged in on us. Someone assaulted my father with a revolver butt. He had to receive stitches. I was beaten up so severely that my right arm fractured. One of our supporters, Rajak was brutally attacked on his head. He was hot so hard that blood would not stop flowing, even after being taken to SSKM Hospital. We put up resistance, but they returned at least thrice," claimed Ayan, Mitra's son.
A close associate of Saha claimed their leader used to be injured in the attack and the boundary wall of his house used to be utterly demolished.
Cops from the Alipore police station and the anti-rowdy squad of the detective division have to this point arrested 15 folks, reserving them for try to homicide, rioting and under the provisions of the Arms Act.
The conflict broke out just a little after 10pm, when citizens of Gopalnagar and those residing with reference to Chetla Haat have been startled to hear pay attention a noisy commotion within sight, with groups yelling at the most sensible of their voices. Soon, they heard one thing which seemed like furniture being shattered and hurled at each different. Within 10 mins, recalled 70-year-old Chhabi Das, explosive noises filled the air, of folks vandalizing and smashing automobiles and motorcycles. Later, it grew to become out an ambulance, 3 personal automobiles, a taxi and 9 two-wheelers have been wrecked, the police stated. One of the injured, Saheb Rajak (30), suffered critical head injuries.
According to the police, the warring males have their allegiance to 2 Trinamool leaders Pratap Saha and Biplab Mitra. Allegedly with reference to a south Kolkata minister, Saha had in November 2014 led a mob attack on the Alipore police station, whilst Mitra, president of ward 74, is an old-timer in Trinamool, perceived with reference to leaders at Hazra and Bhowanipore. Though each leaders declined remark, they accused the other of orchestrating the attack.
The police stated most of the accused have been citizens of Karl Marx Sarani, suggesting various outsiders have been "deployed" to hold out a supposedly deliberate attack on ward 74 Trinamool party workplace around 10.30 pm. Local Trinamool individuals as well as the police identified that regardless that enmity between the 2 factions were brewing, the speedy trigger have been essentially two reasons: one, the tussle to keep watch over a not too long ago evacuated vacant plot in the Gopalnagar-Chetla Haat house and a few Saha loyalists joining the Mitra camp.
"Around 50 of us were sitting at the party office on Gopal Nagar Road. My father, Biplab Mitra, was sitting near the TV, when around 100 of Saha's men barged in on us. Someone assaulted my father with a revolver butt. He had to receive stitches. I was beaten up so severely that my right arm fractured. One of our supporters, Rajak was brutally attacked on his head. He was hot so hard that blood would not stop flowing, even after being taken to SSKM Hospital. We put up resistance, but they returned at least thrice," claimed Ayan, Mitra's son.
A close associate of Saha claimed their leader used to be injured in the attack and the boundary wall of his house used to be utterly demolished.
Road turns into battle zone as party factions clash near Alipore
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