Mamata Banerjee dodged questions about the fracas in the Bengal assembly on Monday, which saw the suspension of five BJP MLAs after they allegedly clashed with Trinamool Congress legislators.
A woman who had suffered burns in the petrol bomb attack in Bogtui village in Birbhum district last week died in a hospital on Monday, raising the toll to nine, a police officer said.
The scuffle left Chinsurah MLA, Asit Majumdar, with an injury to the nose while chief whip Manoj Tigga had reportedly suffered an injury in the rib cage