TMC leader Udayan Guha attacked in Dinhata, party blames BJP
Former Dinhata MLA and Trinamool Congress leader Udayan Guha was attacked in Dinhata on Thursday afternoon. Guha suffered a hand fracture and other injuries.
Udayan Guha, former Dinhata MLA and the All-India Trinamool Congress's 2021 Vidhan Sabha candidate from Dinhata was attacked by miscreants near the Dinhata water tank on Thursday afternoon. The attack took place around 12 noon today. Udayan Guha is currently admitted to the town hospital in Dinhata.
When this reporter called on Udayan Guha's phone number, the Trinamool Congress's Dinhata Yuva President Moumita Bhattacharya answered. "There were attacks on TMC workers yesterday, their houses were demolished. Udayan Babu visited them and was on his way back. Near the water tank in Dinhata, a group of goondas, who were Trinamool earlier and then switched over to the BJP, were waiting for the car near a local club. They were standing on the road. They saw his car when Udayan Babu went to visit the TMC workers and had assembled their weapons in the club to attack him on his way back. His car was attacked first. Our TMC workers got out. Udayan Guha also got out of the car, along with two of his security persons - policemen. The goons hit Udayan Guha on his head, they were planning to kill him. When Guha tried to save his head with his right hand, they hit him on the hand. His right hand is fractured. There is a fracture on the left side of his back too. One of the policemen had to get three stitches on his head. Another has a broken leg. They had planned to kill Udayan Guha," said Moumita.
Since May 2, after the Trinamool Congress won the West Bengal State Assembly Elections 2021 by defeating the BJP, reports of post-poll violence have come in from across the state. The BJP and TMC have both accused each other of attacks on their respective workers and supporters.
Udayan Guha, former Dinhata MLA, lost the West Bengal State Assembly Elections this year from Dinhata by a slim margin of 57 votes. Cooch Behar Lok Sabha MP and BJP leader Nisith Pramanik won the seat.
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