Supporters of the ruling TMC and the BJP clashed and bombs were hurled in front of Bangaon municipality office in West Bengal Tuesday following a dispute over a trust vote for control of the civic body.
There were no immediate reports of any injury or arrest in the incident at Bangaon, which is 80 km from Kolkata and falls in North 24 Parganas district that has been rocked by political violence after the Lok Sabha polls.
Prohibitive orders under Section 144 CrPC were clamped and rapid action force personnel were deployed to maintain peace in the area, police said.
The BJP and the Trinamool Congress blamed each other for the violence which
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