MALDA, 27 APRIL: A group of 20 bandh supporters belonging to the CPI-ML (Liberation) allegedly assaulted a newspaper agent and damaged today's news papers including over 200 copies of The Statesman and Dainik Statesman at Gazole bus stand this morning.
According to The Statesman agent Mr Dipak Saha, a group of CPI-ML (Liberation) workers led by Mr Emanuel Hembram (Baidya) and others threatened to wind up his newspaper stall and damaged almost all copies of both dailies. “The CPI-ML (Liberation) supporters were picketing for the bandh and forcing the small traders to close down their establishments to show solidarity towards the bandh. They raided my stall in the process and tore up copies of both newspapers,” the agent claimed.
According to eyewitnesses, locals intervened to save the newspaper agent and protested against the persecution. The Liberation supporters on their part claimed that had not stopped the agent from selling newspapers but had asked him not to sell other commercial publications including various magazines.
Responding to the charge, the CPI-ML (Liberation) district secretary Mr Nabakumar Biswas said: “The local traders are spinning a yarn to malign the party. Picketers of our party had asked some traders to close their stalls in the area. Not a single newspaper was damaged.” ;SNS
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