India, May 22 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch on Thursday detained three men, including a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, from Deonar in connection with the alleged post-poll violence in Shibpur, West Bengal, police said.

The accused - Shamim Ahmed Abdul Rashid, 40, Jamil Ali, 43, and Aftab Anwar Khurshid Anwar, 44 - are residents of the Shibpur area in Howrah district and will be handed over to the West Bengal police, officers said.

According to police, the trio fled West Bengal after violence erupted in Shibpur on May 7. They had allegedly been hiding in an SRA building in Deonar.

"A case was registered at Shibpur police station under sections related to unlawful assembly, rioting, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and provisions ...