A BJP leader reportedly claimed on Wednesday that Trinamool Congress workers attacked his car in West Bengal’s Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district. “This morning, I left my house to reach Arjun Singh’s residence at around 8.15 am. Just three minutes after leaving the house, the road was blocked by a jetting machine. Around 50-60 people targeted my vehicle and hurled bombs. After that, 6-7 rounds of bullets were fired,” he told PTI.
BJP leader Arjun Singh further told ANI that seven bullets were fired at the car. He claimed the attack took place in the presence of a senior Benagal police officer.Singh reportedly claimed it was an attempt on Pandey’s life.
“Priyangu Pandey is our party leader. Today his car was attacked…and firing was done…The driver has been shot…7 round firing was done…This was done in the presence of the ACP…Planning was done to kill Priyangu Pandey…TMC is left with no issue therefore they are doing these kinds of things…Two people are injured, one among them is serious,” he said.
Arjun Singh has accused Trinamool leaders Tarun Sau and MLA Somnath Shyam of orchestrating the attack, claiming that the assailants were brought in from Kakinara.
The BJP has been protesting against the Trinamool government in the state over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
The West Bengal police have made massive security arrangements to prevent violence in the state.
Dendup Sherpa, Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) in Uttar Dinajpur, informed ANI that police personnel have been deployed across the state to maintain law and order. Meanwhile, the state administration has directed drivers and conductors of government buses in Kolkata to wear helmets.
Numerous drivers of North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) buses were seen wearing helmets across the state.
“We are wearing helmets because of the bandh today…The department has given us the helmets,” a driver told the news agency.
On Tuesday, clashes broke out in the streets in Kolkata, with security personnel throwing tear gas shells, unleashing water cannons and resorting to lathi-charge to disperse protestors on the Howrah Bridge.
Protesters were marching towards the West Bengal State Secretariat, Nabanna, amid tensions over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the unrest.
“BJP’s idea of a ‘peaceful protest’: Pelt stones and push barricades Severely injure the police Orchestrate extreme chaos and disrupt the law and order of the state. The ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ conspired by the BJP is nothing short of a fatal attack on Bengal,” the TMC posted on its official X handle.
