MALDA, 29 SEPT: Bordering Bangladesh, the Majampur village under Kaliachak police station in Malda district has been a victim of hostilities between Congress and CPI-M supporters for the past one month.
The violence has increased in the past few days and the police have so far failed to control the turf war.
Both sides run illegal border trade and the ongoing violence is its resultant factor.
The police had detained 20 persons linked with the violence in the area but the locals along with an army of women raided the Kaliachak police station and freed them yesterday.
The raiders fired on the police, injuring a police inspector and an EFR jawan. The police have re-arrested eight persons since then.
The CPI-M leadership including the Kaliachak CPI-M MLA Mr Biswanath Ghosh and the CPI-M district secretary Mr Jiban Moitra blamed police failure in tackling the situation.
Mr Moitra said: “The Malda police super is working on the instruction of the Congress MPs.”
“The police are arresting CPI-M workers from Majampur but, they are sparing wanted criminals from the neighbouring villages of Narayanpur, Jadupur and other areas containing Congress supporters,” the CPI-M leadership alleged.
The Malda SP Mr Satyajit Bandyopadhyay brushed aside the allegation and said: “ We need to concentrate on Majumpur to curb the hostilities between the two criminal groups and to pick up the accused persons and trouble makers.”
The English Bazaar Congress MLA Mr Krishnendu Choudhury said: “Those villages are criminal infested and there is a stockpile of sophisticated arms in the area. The police should raid the are jointly with Central forces and recover the arms and ammunition.”
The Trinamul district president, Mr Goutam Chakraborty said that the police should be given a free hand to take proper action against the criminals.
“The CPI-M should not interfere with the police work,” he added. SNS
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