As fresh clashes irrupted in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district late on Saturday night, Governor C V Anada Bose said that he is supervising the situation in the poll violence hit region.
As many as five people were injured in the clashes that took place in the region. A TMC candidate's kin was among those injured, police said. Bose monitored the situation throughout the night from Cooch Behar circuit house, where he is staying, and issued instructions to State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, SP and District Magistrate, officials said.
"The governor on Sunday morning visited the hospital where the five injured people are undergoing treatment and may also visit the spot where the clashes took place," a senior official of the Raj Bhavan told PTI over the phone. Bose also spoke with the hospital authorities and asked them to ensure best treatment to the injured people.
He dialed the DM and SP of Cooch Behar and asked them to maintain law and order and arrest the culprits. Bose, who is on a trip to the northern districts of the state, has visited families of deceased as well as those injured in incidents of violence in Dinhata.
The Raj Bhavan has opened a 'peace home' and a 24x7 phone number to address complaints of violence and intimidation. The matters are instantly taken up with the SEC or the chief secretary. Around 5.67 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the three-tier panchayat elections in the state on July 8 for nearly 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samiti and gram panchayats.
TMC worker killed, others injured in panchayat poll violence
Meanwhile, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was killed and several other members of the ruling party and opposition outfits were injured in clashes in panchayat poll-bound West Bengal, police said.
A TMC worker, identified as 52-year-old Jiyarul Molla, was shot dead in Phulmalancha area in Basanti in South 24 Parganas district late on Saturday night while he was returning home, a police officer said. The man was taken to a local hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
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