Two persons were murdered in Bogura and Cox's Bazar, on March 6 and March 7, while crude bombs were thrown at a Hindu temple in Cumilla city during a puja on March 8, triggering significant panic, as per rights group the Bangladesh Jatio Hindu Mohajote (Bangladesh National Grand Alliance).
Kolkata witnessed fresh violence last evening as miscreants went on a rampage near Golpark, allegedly opening fire and hurling crude bombs on Kankulia Road. On violence erupting in Kolkata, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh said, In the whole of Bengal, goons and mafias stil
After receiving the information, Bhatpara Police and Bomb Disposal Squad arrived at the scene and took certain security measures to dispose of the bombs.
No major damage or injury to any of the passengers was reported in the incident as the crude bombs exploded beside the passing train. The incident took place at around 12 noon as the train from Kolkata was heading towards Dhaka.
A search operation was underway ahead of the West Bengal panchayat polls, on Friday, after police received information that crude bombs and weapons have been stockpiled in the district, an official statement said on Friday.
West Bengal has witnessed several instances of violence during the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls and thereafter. One incident involved the alleged hurling of crude bombs at a Block Development Office (BDO) in Ahmadpur, Birbhum district.
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
In the fresh violence ahead of the Panchayat Polls, clashes had broken out between TMC and Bharatiya Janata Party in North Bengal's Dinhata Cooch recently, resulting in the death of one person.