2 Women Allege Rape, 3 Scribes Beaten Up in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The first phase of the panchayat polls in West Bengal was marked by several incidents of violence on Sunday, especially Nandigram in East Midnapore district. Violence was also recorded from Burdwan, West Midnapore and Purulia districts.



At Bandoyan, Purulia, a landmine explosion by Maoists blew up a patrolling Border Security Force vehicle, killing three. Incidentally, three journalists from a television channel who went to cover the incident were beaten up by BSF jawans and are reportedly in a critical state.



But the spotlight was on CRPF deputy inspector general, Aloke Raj, who is leading its companies in Nandigram. On Sunday morning, two women of Sonachura village, Nandigram, filed an FIR alleging Raj molested them on Saturday night. But Raj said the FIR was baseless. “I was in the CRPF camp at Rajaramchwak on Saturday night and I feel the false FIR has been filed to de-motivate me from performing my duties,” he said.

Source: Sulekha News

BSF Foils Infiltration Bid Along LoC

JAMMU: According to television reports, BSF and Pakistani Rangers exchanged fire on the Jammu & Kashmir border on Thursday night.

BSF has foiled an infiltration bid along the international border in Samba sector, an official spokesman said on Friday.

An ambush party of BSF detected a group of intruders trying to infiltrate into Benglard area of Samba sector around 2230 hours on Thursday and opened fire to foil the bid.

Another support party of the intruders resorted to firing to save the intruders and the exchange between two sides continued for about 15 minutes, the BSF spokesman said.

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