Violence sparked in Salmara area under Dinhata II block of Cooch Behar on Friday early morning as two groups of Trinamul supporters clashed with each other.

They lobbed bombs, fired shots and attacked each other with bricks, stones, bows and arrows, prompting police officials to rush to the spot. Three persons have been arrested in connection with the incident while a police picket has been raised in the area to keep the situation under control.

According to local sources, in Dinhata-II block, two lobbies, headed by Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha and local leader Tarani Kanta Burman, are at loggerheads to get control of Salmara. On Friday morning, those apparently from Udayan’s lobby started the clash. Supporters of Tarani’s lobby retaliated, and one ended up with a fractured leg.

In Cooch Behar, infighting within Trinamul has been seen in the past few years in different corners of the district. Even before the Parliament elections of 2019 and the panchayat elections of 2018, violent incidents which had even led to deaths have occurred time and again. Even chief minister Mamata Banerjee had alerted the district leaders to stop this.