Cooch Behar Case: TMC to stage protest in West Bengal wearing black belt
In two separate incidents, four persons were shot dead and three were injured in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Saturday. A first-time voter was among them who was shot dead outside a polling booth in Cooch Behar. Two persons have been arrested so far, police said. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report in this regard.
TMC will stage a protest in West Bengal wearing black belt.
Violence erupted in the fourth phase of elections in Bengal in which five people were killed in two separate incidents. Four persons were killed when central forces opened fire on an unruly mob in the Sitalkuchi assembly constituency in Mathabhanga block in Cooch Behar district on Saturday. In another incident in the same constituency, a first-time voter was killed, taking the total number of deaths to five.