Latest News | TMC-CPI Clash over Quarantined People

Canning (WB), Jun 3 (PTI) A clash took place between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) over keeping COVID-19 suspects in a quarantine centre at Ushti in South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, police sources said.

Twelve people were arrested and the quarantine centre, set up at a school building, was damaged.

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Local CPI(M) leaders alleged that those staying in the centre were not being properly looked after by the administration and it was contested by the TMC, leading to a clash.

When produced before a court in Diamond Harbour, the arrested people were remanded to four days police custody.

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