One person was injured in a clash between Trinamool Congress and Cpi(M) supporters armed with pipeguns and bombs at a village in North 24 Parganas, police said. The clash at Uttar Baira village was triggered by a land dispute between Mukser Ali, a former Panchayat member of the Trinamool Congress and his nephew Sirajul Islam, a Cpi-M supporter.
Supporters of both sides fired on each other from pipeguns and hurled bombs. Mukser Ali and a Cpi-M supporter were arrested after the police rushed to the scene.
A pipegun and ammunition were seized, the sources added.
Trinamool leader Idris Ali alleged that the police had ransacked two houses belonging to his party supporters in the area during search operations after the clash.
Bureau Report