Complaints piled on Sunday morning for election to the 144 wards in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. Minus, the blood spilling witnessed in the urban local bodies elections in the Bengali-speaking state of Tripura, the intimidation and coercive techniques employed by the ruling Trinamul was no different from the strategy used by the BJP in the North-east state.

Around 11.15 am, the Left candidates in the fray blocked the Bagha Jatin crossing in Jadavpur area to protest against the polling agents of the Opposition parties not being allowed in wards 101, 102, 109 and 110.

In a complaint sent to the district magistrate of South 24-Parganas, the following booths in wards 101, 102 and 110 were added to the list where rival poll agents were forced out: all the booths in wards 101 and 109, booths 1,2,3,4,13,14,15,16,17, 20, 21, 22 in ward 102 and booths 2, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25.

“Unfortunately, the administration and State Election Commission, West Bengal is mute spectator and if the butchering of democracy continues then we will have no other option but to withdraw our candidates of these wards,” wrote former CPM MP and the party’s South 24-Parganas district secretary Samik Lahiri, in his complaint to the district magistrate of South 24-Parganas.

The violence of the day was not restricted to the south where the CPM still has some presence.

In ward 30, CPM nominee Shashwati Dasgupta was shoved in the polling booth at Vivekananda Vidyapeeth.

The ward 8 candidate from the CPM, MadhabI Bose was not allowed to enter after her polling agent Soma Gupta was forced to leave the booth

In ward 63, all the booths at the Jews Girl Centre were allegedly captured by goons backed by the ruling party. A CPM cadre identified as Rajendra Prasad was beaten up when he protested against the poll code violations.

In ward 67, opposition agents were instructed around 11 am to vacate the polling premises at Hemchandra Institution, Jagrata Balak Sangham KMCP School, Bijoynagar Primary School, Eastend Park Sporting Club and CFP School.

Bombs were hurled outside the Taki School at Sealdah this morning injuring three voters, one of whom is in a serious condition.

According to news agency PTI, One of the injured persons has lost his leg, while the other two are also undergoing treatment at the hospital, an officer said.

"Two bombs were hurled and we are scrutinising CCTV footages to identify the culprits," the officer said.

A large police contingent has been deployed in the area, and the State Election Commission has sought a report from the police on the matter, another official said.

A voter turnout of 36.78 per cent was recorded till 1 PM on Sunday.