Baharampur/IBNS, April 23 -- Sporadic violence was reported during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday, despite heightened security measures by the Election Commission of India.

Murshidabad district emerged as a key flashpoint, with multiple incidents of clashes and attacks.

Tension gripped the area as eyewitnesses said a sudden blast disrupted an otherwise steady voting process.

The injured were rushed to a hospital, though the exact number of those affected was not immediately known.

Trinamool Congress MP Abu Taher Khan alleged that workers of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP), led by Humayun Kabir, were behind the attack.

In a separate incident in Murshidabad's Domkal, a CPI-M worker and his son wer...