Kolkata: Five people were arrested and 10 others detained yesterday in connection with a political clash in West Bengal that left three people dead, police said.
The clash, allegedly between activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took place in Birbhum district’s Makra village on Monday. Indiscriminate firing by miscreants left three dead and over a dozen injured.
“In pursuance of the first information reports filed by the victims’ families, we have arrested five people and detained 10 others for questioning,” additional superintendent of police (Birbhum) Ananda Roy said. “We are looking for more people involved in the clash,” Roy said.
The BJP, which demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incident, sent a delegation to the village to assess the situation.
IANS
