statesman news service
DIAMOND HARBOUR/MIDNAPORE, 31 MAY: Trinamul Congress activities allegedly pushed a pregnant woman and kicked her belly after she fell down on the ground following a scuffle over a dispute on between two families.  
The injured woman was admitted to hospital with serious injuries and was kept under observation for four days after abortion. She was released today afternoon.
Two families were fighting over a pipeline in ward number 6 under Diamond Harbour Municipality. Meanwhile Trinamul activists reached the the spot and tried to break the pipeline.  
During the altercation Mrs Supriya Halder started arguing with the TMC supporters. Mrs Halder said: “I told them they couldn’t break it and suddenly the TMC activists pushed me and I fell down. They kicked my belly repeatedly while my family and I tried to warn them about my pregnancy.
“The former Trinamul councillor, Mr Debu Mallik, was there and led the team of Trinamul activists,” she said.
Mr Mallik, however, denied his involvement.
The victim’s husband lodged a complaint against four of the accused. Two of the accused were arrested while the other two are absconding. The arrested men were released on bail.
Mr Anwar Hossain, superintendent of Diamond Harbour sub-division hospital, said Mrs Halder is now well and had to undergo an abortion because of the lack of accurate formation of ovum and not for her injury.
However, the woman said the Trinamul activists were responsible for her condition.  

TMC leader in police custody
A Trinamul Congress leader, who was arrested by the Jhargram police yesterday on charges of attempting to burn alive an aged woman, was remanded in police custody for 10 days today.
The accused leader, Mr Gouranga Pradhan, was produced before Jhargram additional chief judicial magistrate court today where the magistrate, on hearing pleas, remanded him in police custody.
Police said the accused and his associates had recently solved a land-related dispute of Sabitri Sarkar (65) who lives in Benageria in Jhargram. But within a few days, the accused had threatened the woman of dire consequences if she failed to give five cottah land to him for constructing the Trinamul Congress party office.
When the woman refused to comply he and his associates barged into her house and attempted to burn her alive by pouring kerosene on her. The woman was immediately taken to Jhargram district hospital where she is in a serious condition. 
A complaint was lodged against seven persons with the Jhargram police and the police yesterday arrested the accused Trinamul Congress leader from his hideout.