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KOLKATA: At least four persons were reportedly killed in a clash between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas, on Saturday as postpoll violence continued to rock West Bengal more than a fortnight after results of the Lok Sabh elections have been declared.

While police confirmed three deaths, two from BJP and one from TMC , BJP leaders named three partymen who had died in the clash.

State BJP has sent a report of the Sandeshkhali violence to home minister Amit Shah .

The confrontation between BJP and TMC workers at Nyajat began on Saturday morning over removal of party flags. Trinamool leader and state food minister Jyotipriyo Mullick said party worker Qayum Mollah was later attacked while he was attending a party meeting at Hatgachhi. “He was first shot from pointblank range and then stabbed,” Mullick said.

BJP’s Bengal general secretary, Sayantan Basu, claimed that three BJP workers, including a district-level functionary, were shot by Trinamool supporters. “Our supporters Pradip Mandal, Swapan Mandal and Sukanta Mandal were killed when TMC supporters fired at them on Saturday evening. Two others are missing,” he said.

Incidents of violence were reported throughout the day from other parts of the state as well. Most were triggered when cops tried to stop BJP’s victory rallies, following chief minister Mamata Banerjee ’s instructions issued on Friday.



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