At least two people wﷺere killed and several others injured in a blast near the venue of senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerje🌼e's scheduled rally in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place in Bhupatinagar area, only🎶 1.5 km from Contai town where TMC 𝔍national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is scheduled to address a public meeting on Saturday, a police officer said.
"The blast was reported in a house around 11.15 pm on Friday and two bodies 🍨were recovered on Saturday morn🔯ing. A few others are injured.
"The cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained and further investigation is underway but the impact was so powerful that the muꩲd house with a thatched roof was blown off in the incident," the senior police officer of Contain sub-division said, adding a forensic tea🗹m has reached the spot to collect samples.
BJP national vice president Dilip Gh꧃osh held the TMC responsible for the incident and said that "only bomb-making industry is flourishing in the state".
Senior CPI (M) leader Sujan C𓆉hakraborty questioned why was Chief Minister Mamata B🅷anerjee silent on such incidents and demanded a statement from her.
TMC state generalꦺ secretary Kunal Ghosh said it is very easy for the opposition to blame the ruling party in West Bengal without any evidence.
