Cooch Behar firing: TMC calls it 'cold-blooded murder', BJP says result of Mamata's 'provocation'
The BJP and TMC have blamed each other for the firing deaths in Cooch Behar. The TMC termed it "brutal cold-blooded murder" by central forces at the behest of the BJP, while the BJP said it was result of Mamata Banerjee's "provocative" speeches.
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UPDATED: April 10, 2021 18:27 IST
Security personnel keep vigil at a polling station after the Election Commission ordered stopping the voting exercise at polling station number 126 in Sitalkuchi assembly seat in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
Hours after four people died in firing by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at a polling booth in Sitalkuchi assembly seat in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Saturday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) hit out at the central forces, terming the deaths "brutal cold-blooded murder".