On Thursday security has been arranged in West Bengal’s Nandigram on Thursday, after a woman BJP worker was killed.
The killing of the BJP workers has led to a widespread protest by the party workers in Purba Medinipur district.
The BJP has alleged that the deceased was attacked by goons of Trinamool Congress. The Nandigram assembly constituency, which falls under the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat, is scheduled to go to polls on Saturday.
BJP workers burnt tyres, blocked roads and pulled down shutters of shops in Nandigram on Thursday. The West Bengal Police used force to disperse the BJP workers.
The BJP has alleged that TMC-backed criminals were involved in the killing of Rathirani Ari (38), who is a party worker in Sonachura village.
Ari was killed and many others were injured after unidentified and armed motorcycle-borne assailants attacked them late Wednesday night, said a police officer.
Among the seven people reportedly injured, the condition of one was critical and the person was shifted to a hospital in Kolkata.
BJP’s district general secretary Meghnadh Paul said, ‘Ari and many other party workers given the responsibility to guard a local polling booth last night. TMC-backed criminals attacked them. She was murdered and others were injured’.
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