At least 10 people were injured in fresh clashes between BJP and CPM workers which erupted in different parts of Tripura on Wednesday, police said, adding that two persons were arrested so far in connection with the matter.
Besides, two CPM party offices and nearly six vehicles were set on fire while offices were ransacked at Bishalgarh in Sepahijala district, Udaipur in Gomati district and, Agartala and Hapania in West District.
“A case has been registered at Udaipur after one Mafiz Miah was injured. Two persons have been arrested so far,” a senior police official in Agartala said on condition of anonymity.
The two sides had earlier clashed on Monday at Sonamura in Sepahijala district of the state, police said.
Trouble began in Udaipur town after CPM’s youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) took out a procession and a few activists from the rally allegedly attacked a BJP activist, news agency PTI reported. A group of BJP activists retaliated by attacking the DYFI procession.
“I was inside the party headquarters when the BJP workers came and destroyed our party documents, threatening us to stop all political programmes. Few vehicles in front of our office were also set on fire. It is an attack on democracy,” Left convener Bijan Dhar said.
Later in the evening, the BJP alleged that seven of their activists were injured after they were attacked by CPM cadres in Agartala and Udaipur.
“We noticed that CPM leaders, especially former chief minister Manik Sarkar, have been involved in instigation of violence for a few days. We have organised protest rallies throughout the state against their attack on our activists two days back,” a BJP leader said on condition of anonymity.
