Fresh tension in Bhatpara as police recover 50 crude bombs

The violence-hit area of Bhatpara in West Bengal's Bhatpara area witnessed yet another scare today morning after police recovered 50 crude bombs.

Kolkata (West Bengal): Fresh tensions prevailed in trouble-hit Bhatpara area in West Bengal on Monday after 50 crude bombs were recovered from the Kakinara area.

Police, who carried out the search operation during which the bombs were recovered, said that the situation is currently under control.

Bhatpara had witnessed clashes between groups suspected to be affiliated to the TMC and BJP on June 20 in which two persons were killed and 11 others injured.

Following the incident, a three-member BJP delegation visited the area and alleged that it was due to police firing that the two persons had lost their lives.

But, no sooner the team returned from the place, fresh clashes broke out between workers of BJP and TMC during which crude countrymade bombs and stones were hurled by them at each other, leaving several persons injured.

Police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the warring groups in the Bhatpara area of North 24 Parganas district, where prohibitory order under Section 144 is in force.

The Bhatpara violence is turning out to be the latest political flashpoint in West Bengal, which saw a fierce contest between BJP and TMC in the recently-concluded general elections.

The BJP ushered a major surprise, winning 18 Lok Sabha seats out of a total of 42 in Bengal, only four less than TMC's tally of 22.

Buoyed by its stupendous victory, the saffron party has claimed that they would end the TMC rule in the next assembly poll in 2021.

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