KOLKATA: Three people died in fresh political violence in the Indian state of West Bengal.
With the deaths, the post-poll violence toll in the state rises to 15, AFP reported.
Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress – which runs the state – have accused each other of instigating weeks of violence during and since India’s recent election.
A police official said the bodies of two BJP members were found hanging from a tree in Howrah district over the past 48 hours, while a Trinamool stalwart was killed by a crude bomb blast late Monday, east of Kolkata.
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