Four injured in police lathicharge in Jalpaiguri

Four persons were injured when police lathicharged DYFI supporters, who were demonstrating at Alipurduar today, police sources said.

Four persons were injured when police lathicharged DYFI supporters, who were demonstrating at Alipurduar today, police sources said.

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The DYFI supporters were holding a demonstration alleging that Trinamool Congress activists had set some houses on fire at Jasordanga in Alipurduar I Block in the wee hours today, the sources said.

The DYFI Jalpaiguri district secretary Arindam Chakraborty alleged that the four persons injured in the police lathicharge were DYFI supporters.

Chakraborty said they have lodged an FIR against the police sub inspector L P Bhutia who lathicharged the DYFI supporters and demanded action against Bhutia.