Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 23: Two private security personnel guarding the Tata Motors small car project area were badly beaten up by some unidentified men inside the paint shop of the factory last night.
Police said the assailants may have been thieves, but some locals have alleged that they belonged to the Singur Krishi Jomi Raksha Committee.
The injured guards ~ Ajit Kumar, a resident of Patna and SN Sarkar from Birbhum ~ were rushed to Serampore Walsh Hospital in a critical condition early today. No one has been arrested in connection with the incident till the time of going to press.
According to reports, the security guards were on duty at the paint shop of the factory last night. Around 10.30 p.m., a group of eight youths intruded into the project site after scaling the boundary wall, and attacked them with rods and daggers.
The attackers fled after the security guards raised an outcry, and their colleagues came to their assistance. A team from the Singur police station later reached the spot after being informed of the incident. The victims were taken to Singur rural hospital with severe head injuries. Later they were shifted to Serampore Walsh Hospital in the wee hours today.
“We are investigating the incident. We suspect that the attackers had entered the project site to commit a theft,” said a senior district police officer.
Tension prevailed in the area after some local people alleged that the attackers belonged to Singur Krishi Jomi Raksha Committee. Committee members denied the allegation, and police said that there is no evidence to support the charge. “We haven't been able to identify the goons. A probe has been initiated. We have no evidence to say that the attack was carried out by supporters of the Singur Krishi Jomi Raksha Committee,” said a police officer.
The Left Front chairman, Mr Biman Bose, condemned the attack last night and alleged that it was the handiwork of Trinamul Congress-backed goons. The “dastardly act”, Mr Bose said, was intended to scuttle the project as “the Trinamul doesn't want that more jobs are created through industrialisation and the interests of the future generations are protected.”
Mr Mukul Roy, Trinamul general secretary, rubbished the LF chairman's charge as a blatant lie aimed at maligning the agitation the Trinamul and its allies were spearheading against the forcible acquisition of land from unwilling farmers for the project.
Meanwhile, Calcutta HC extended the interim order restraining the Chief Information Commissioner from disclosing the portion of the agreement between Tata Motors and the WBIDC which was not included in the corporation's website till 30 September.(END) Source: The Statesman
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