Tmc Workers With Guns

It is a sight not seen in Bengal politics in recent history. Trinamool Congress workers on Monday walked in a procession for a party meeting and in the hands of many were 9 mm pistols. At least four, some say eight. First no one really noticed, then someone fired a shot - much in the style of a 'barati'.

Rival factions of the Trinamool Congress clashed in eastern Kolkata's Tangra area today with bombs and guns and when the police tried to control the situation, they, too, were fired at, bombed and brick batted.

It is a sight not seen in Bengal politics in recent history. Trinamool Congress workers on Monday walked in a procession for a party meeting and in the hands of many were 9 mm pistols. At least four, some say eight. First no one really noticed, then someone fired a shot - much in the style of a 'barati'.

Rival factions of the Trinamool Congress clashed in eastern Kolkata's Tangra area today with bombs and guns and when the police tried to control the situation, they, too, were fired at, bombed and brick batted.