Mamata holds high-level meet after violence

Kolkata: With CPI(M) and Trinamool workers clashing in South 24 Parganas district and indulging in violence, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today held a high-level meeting at the state secretariat here. Banerjee, who was recuperating from fever and advised rest, came to Writers Building shortly after the violence broke out and held a meeting with Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra, Home Secretary Basudeb Banerjee and Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Surajit Kar Purakayastha. [caption id=“attachment_581484” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  AFP[/caption] CPI(M) and Trinamool workers today clashed at Bamunghata in South 24 Parganas district leaving a number of workers of both parties injured, including one with bullet injury, while 10 vehicles were damaged and torched. Trouble arose when the CPI(M) workers who were to hold a protest rally at Alipore were going past Bamunghata in vehicles where the Trinamool Congress was holding a meeting, Superintendent of Police Pravin Tripathy said. Asked which party was responsible for the firing, the Chief Secretary parried a direct reply and told reporters, “Everything will be known only after a report is received.” He did not elaborate. On whether an inquiry into the violence would be ordered, Mitra said, “Everything will be followed as per rules.” PTI