On a rampage, scores of Nano Bachao Committee (Save Nano Committee) members on Sunday attacked and damaged vehicles carrying Mamata Bannerjee’s supporters, on the Durgapur Expressway, as they were going to attend a Trinamool Congress in Singur, a party official said.
The rioting mobs are reported to have damaged the red beacon car of Opposition Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chattopadhyay and also stopped the vehicle of other senior party leaders, including Mukul Roy and Madan Mitra, near Ratanpur area enroute to the rally site.
"Our vehicles were attacked by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-backed hooligans who were agitating under the banner of the Nano Bachao Committee. We declared our programme to hold a public meeting at Singur last week and got all required permissions from the district administration," said Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy.
He alleged that the vehicle belonging to Chattopadhyay was totally damaged in the attack.
He alleged that the policemen deployed in the area remained mute spectators to the vandalism of the activists.
According to police officials, the Save Nano Committee activists blocked the Durgapur Expressway at several points, holding placards that read "Go Back Mamata Banerjee".
The firebrand Banerjee had earlier declared plans to launch a fresh agitation by holding a public meeting in Singur on November 2, to press for the return of acquired land to its original owners.
(Update)
Violent clashes erupted between Trinamool Congress workers and Pro Nano activists in the evening on Sunday.
15 people were reportedly injured in violence that saw Trinamool activists thrashing Save Nano activists to avenge for the violence indulged I by them at the Durgapur Exressway in the morning.
The rioting mobs are reported to have damaged the red beacon car of Opposition Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chattopadhyay and also stopped the vehicle of other senior party leaders, including Mukul Roy and Madan Mitra, near Ratanpur area enroute to the rally site.
"Our vehicles were attacked by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-backed hooligans who were agitating under the banner of the Nano Bachao Committee. We declared our programme to hold a public meeting at Singur last week and got all required permissions from the district administration," said Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy.
He alleged that the vehicle belonging to Chattopadhyay was totally damaged in the attack.
He alleged that the policemen deployed in the area remained mute spectators to the vandalism of the activists.
According to police officials, the Save Nano Committee activists blocked the Durgapur Expressway at several points, holding placards that read "Go Back Mamata Banerjee".
The firebrand Banerjee had earlier declared plans to launch a fresh agitation by holding a public meeting in Singur on November 2, to press for the return of acquired land to its original owners.
(Update)
Violent clashes erupted between Trinamool Congress workers and Pro Nano activists in the evening on Sunday.
15 people were reportedly injured in violence that saw Trinamool activists thrashing Save Nano activists to avenge for the violence indulged I by them at the Durgapur Exressway in the morning.
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