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Fresh violence in Nandigram

KOLKATA: After more than three months of relative calm, fresh violence erupted in Nandigram area of West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district on Sunday when activists of the Trinamool Congress-led Bhoomi Ucched Pratirodh Committee clashed with Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers.

Six persons were injured in the incident in which bullets were exchanged, according to the district police. Rapid Action Force personnel have been deployed in the area.

The last major violence was reported in November 2007 after which the Central Reserve Police Force was deployed there. Subsequently, normality returned following initiatives taken by the local authorities and leaders of political parties.

State Congress president Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said here that Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, his administration and the CPI(M) were responsible for the violence in Nandigram on March 14, 2007 in which 14 persons were killed in police firing and subsequent violence. The CPI(M)’s other partners in the Left Front could not be blamed for the violence, he said.

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