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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assured justice to the family of those killed in CISF firing in Cooch Behar and said, "People will give verdict for this crime."
Mob of 150 attacked troops, polling staff at Cooch Behar booth, 5-6 suffered fatal injuries, says CISF
CISF has said a mob of 150 people attacked the security forces and polling staff at the Sitalkuchi booth in Cooch Behar, which led to the firing.
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UPDATED: April 10, 2021 14:56 IST
A mob of over 150 people attacked the troops at the Cooch Behar polling booth on Saturday.
As TMC, BJP, Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi traded barbs over the CISF firing in Cooch Behar that led to the deaths of at least four people, the security forces have issued a statement saying the troops were first attacked by a mob.
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Violence erupted at Sitalkuchi Assembly Constituency, Cooch Behar.
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 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.
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Sources in the Election Commission said that a preliminary report that reached the special police observer Vivek Dubey suggests that the central forces had to open fire in self-defence.