<p>A day after two people died due to bullet injuries in Bhangor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pulled up senior officials to find out why the situation took a turn for the worse. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The police, who refuted reports of opening fire on a mob of unarmed protesters, put the blame on “outsiders”, stating that the movement is being spearheaded by Maoists.<br />The police submitted a report to the state government, accusing Maoists and a group of around 40 Jadavpur University students of turning the peaceful agitation into a violent outburst. <br /><br />Within hours, Mamata backed the theory, with a tweet blaming “outsiders”. <br />Bhangor has been on sporadic boil over land acquisition since 2013 after 13 acres were acquired to set up a power sub-station for the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. <br />The agitation, which has been going on for months, took a violent turn on Monday night after the police picked up Sheikh Kalu, leader of the agitation. <br /><br />Though there are no visuals of officers opening fire on Tuesday, locals claimed that police bullets injured two of the protesters, who died later in the night at a government hospital. <br /><br />The police report stated that Maoists and some Maoist-led students have been camping at Bhangor for the past two months to organise the agitation. <br /><br />Political insiders acknowledged that a conglomeration of fringe ultra-Left outfits have been backing the movement. <br /><br />A government source admitted that the situation could turn messy since Mamata has ordered the police to apprehend those behind the agitation.<br /></p>
<p>A day after two people died due to bullet injuries in Bhangor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pulled up senior officials to find out why the situation took a turn for the worse. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The police, who refuted reports of opening fire on a mob of unarmed protesters, put the blame on “outsiders”, stating that the movement is being spearheaded by Maoists.<br />The police submitted a report to the state government, accusing Maoists and a group of around 40 Jadavpur University students of turning the peaceful agitation into a violent outburst. <br /><br />Within hours, Mamata backed the theory, with a tweet blaming “outsiders”. <br />Bhangor has been on sporadic boil over land acquisition since 2013 after 13 acres were acquired to set up a power sub-station for the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. <br />The agitation, which has been going on for months, took a violent turn on Monday night after the police picked up Sheikh Kalu, leader of the agitation. <br /><br />Though there are no visuals of officers opening fire on Tuesday, locals claimed that police bullets injured two of the protesters, who died later in the night at a government hospital. <br /><br />The police report stated that Maoists and some Maoist-led students have been camping at Bhangor for the past two months to organise the agitation. <br /><br />Political insiders acknowledged that a conglomeration of fringe ultra-Left outfits have been backing the movement. <br /><br />A government source admitted that the situation could turn messy since Mamata has ordered the police to apprehend those behind the agitation.<br /></p>