An area committee secretary of the CPM East Midnapore’s Mohammedpur unit was beaten up on Monday by alleged Trinamul activists during a event to observe the martyrdom of those killed by the police during the 1959 Food Movement in Bengal.

The CPM’s Nandigram unit had organised 12 events in the region to mark the 1959 Food Movement on Monday.

CPM sources said that on Monday afternoon, CPM’s Mohammedpur area committee secretary Mahadeb Bhunia was addressing a gathering of 20 persons at a private space after offering tribute at a martyrs’ column when a group of 50 party workers allegedly from Trinamul stormed the venue.

The attack with sticks left Bhunia’s left arm fractured, sources said.

“A group of 50 Trinamul goons stormed the area and began beating us with sticks,” Bhunia said later.

Trinamul block president Meghnad Pal denied the allegations, saying: “Villagers had protested against them for violating the Monday’s statewide lockdown imposed to curb the spike in Covid-19 cases.”