Suri (WB), Feb 07: Five persons were killed and six injured in a clash between Trinamool Congress and CPI-M
supporters at Papuri village in West Bengal's Birbhum district
in the early hours of Saturday.
Birbhum Superintendent of Police Lakshmi Narain Meena
said guns and bombs were used in the clash.
The situation is now under control, though tension
prevails, he said.
Trinamool Congress secretary Anupbrata Mondal claimed
that the five dead were party supporters.
He said the village was a Trinamool Congress stronghold,
which was attacked by the CPI-M to wrest control.
Papuri village is adjacent to Suchpur, where 11 people
were massacred in 2000. The TC had then claimed that the
victims were its supporters.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, February 07, 2009, 00:00