Nandigram (PTI): In a re-enactment of recapture of Nandigram in November last year, armed CPI(M) cadres on Monday took control of a stronghold of an opposition Trinamool Congress-backed outfit, spearheading an agitation against acquisition of farmland, ahead of next Sunday's panchayat poll.
East Midnapore district superintendent of police S Panda said Roynagar, Jambari and Simalkunda areas in Satengabari village witnessed violence with guns and bombs being used.
He, however, declined to identify the attackers.
The TC-supported Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee members said armed CPI(M) cadres on motorcycles hurled bombs and opened fire at Satengabari before capturing it, forcing 3,000 BUPC supporters to flee their homes.
After the recapture, the CPI(M) cadres attacked a relief camp where 300 BUPC members were sheltered at Maheshpur, they said.
Five BUPC supporters were missing after the attack, they alleged.
CPI(M) district secretariat member Ashok Guria admitted his partymen had carried out an operation but claimed it was to rescue three CPI(M) men.
He claimed a CPI(M) cadre was shot by BUPC activists and four others were injured. "They (BUPC) opened fire and our men retaliated."
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