Murshidabad: Violence continues to rock West Bengal panchayat elections on Sunday with at least one person killed in Murshidabad ahead of Monday's fourth phase of polling.
In Basnti area of South 24 Parganas, alleged TMC workers torched about 50 houses and ransacked another 50 houses in CPM dominated village. Meanwhile, two TMC workers were hacked allegedly by CPM workers; both are in critical condition and are being moved to Kolkata for treatment.
Sporadic incidents of clash, including hurling of bombs and stone pelting, continued, which left several injured including two policemen in Kapasdanga area.
A worker of CPM, who was hurt in a crude bomb explosion in Amdanga, succumbed to his injuries on Friday. A Trinamool Congress leader was also killed on Friday after he was allegedly shot by CPM workers in Lakshmikantapur in South 24 Parganas district.
This even as West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan on Friday met the President and the Prime Minister and briefed them about the law and order situation in the state which has witnessed a spate of violence during the ongoing panchayat polls. "Many CRPF personnel are to be deployed. ... I hope they are deployed. It is important to ensure safety and security of people participating in the (panchayat) elections so that they give certain sense of confidence. I am hoping that they have been deployed," he said.
His comments came on a day when the state witnessed sporadic violence during the fourth phase of panchayat election, with the opposition CPM alleging that people were stopped from voting in several areas of East Midnapore. Narayanan was speaking after he met President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Later, he had a meeting with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde at the latter's official residence in Delhi.
Panchayat polls are scheduled to be held in the district on Monday. Three persons were killed in the second phase of the polling while four others lost their lives in the penultimate phase.
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