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Bengal Clashes in Mukundapur Leave Several Hospitalised, Parties Trade Charges
Supporters of two political parties, the TMC and BJP, fought in Mukundapur.
The fight was connected to a disagreement over a party office.
The TMC said BJP supporters started the violence and hurt several people.
TMC leader Upasana Chowdhury said she and her family were attacked.
Former MLA Humayun Kabir also said he was assaulted near a police station.
The BJP rejected these accusations.
It said TMC supporters attacked a BJP worker who was recording their programme.
Police used batons to separate the crowd, and both parties later protested outside the police station.
Supporters of the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party clashed in Mukundapur over control of a party office.
Police said they baton-charged the crowd after a fierce confrontation and brought the situation under control.
TMC’s Upasana Chowdhury alleged that BJP workers assaulted and molested her, attacked her family, and vandalised her car.
Former TMC MLA Humayun Kabir alleged that BJP workers assaulted him near the Purba Jadavpur police station.
The BJP denied the allegations and claimed TMC workers attacked its supporters after confronting a BJP worker filming the rally.
- Who
- Supporters of the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, including Upasana Chowdhury and Humayun Kabir, were involved in competing allegations.
- What
- Clashes broke out, several people were reportedly hospitalised, and both parties accused the other of starting the violence.
- Where
- Mukundapur, on Kolkata’s south-eastern fringes, and outside the Purba Jadavpur police station.
- When
- Tuesday evening, September 22; the articles do not specify the year.
- Why
- The immediate dispute concerned control of a party office; the parties gave conflicting accounts of what triggered the clashes.
Trinamool Congress account
Bharatiya Janata Party account
Cause of the clashes
Trinamool Congress account
The TMC said its peaceful rally sought to reclaim a party office it alleged had been forcefully occupied by the BJP, and that BJP workers launched an attack.
Bharatiya Janata Party account
The BJP said TMC workers attacked a BJP supporter who was recording the TMC programme, after noticing him filming.
Alleged treatment of leaders and workers
Trinamool Congress account
The TMC alleged that Upasana Chowdhury was assaulted and molested, her family was attacked, and Humayun Kabir was beaten near the police station.
Bharatiya Janata Party account
The BJP denied the allegations and said TMC workers attacked BJP supporters without provocation.
Role of the police
Trinamool Congress account
TMC leaders alleged that police remained inactive while the assaults occurred, including during the alleged attack on Kabir.
Bharatiya Janata Party account
Police said they intervened and used a baton charge to disperse the violent crowd and restore order.
Key facts
- Location
- Mukundapur, Kolkata
- Date
- Tuesday, September 22; year not specified
- Parties involved
- Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party supporters
- Police response
- Police baton-charged the crowd to disperse it
- TMC allegations
- Assault, molestation, family attacks, and vehicle vandalism
- BJP response
- The BJP called the allegations false and accused TMC supporters of attacking its worker
- Protests
- Both parties demonstrated outside the Purba Jadavpur police station
Quotes
Upasana Chowdhury
TMC spokesperson and head of the Mamata faction’s IT cell
“Four disturbing pictures tell the truth. This Tuesday evening in Calcutta. Proof of the brutalities unleashed on our party colleagues by intoxicated BJP thugs. Our IT cell head Upasana beaten/molested. Former MLA/senior police officer Humayun wounded. WHERE IS THE POLICE?”
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“We had gone to submit a peaceful memorandum, carrying the Constitution in our hands. But BJP-backed miscreants vandalised my car and attacked my home.”
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Sources
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