Kolkata, Feb. 22 -- Tension escalated in Bhangar of South 24 Parganas district ahead of the elections after a bomb attack was allegedly carried out targeting the vehicle of Canning East Trinamul Congress MLA Saokat Molla on Sunday.
The incident reportedly took place near Polerhat police station, barely a stone's throw away from the thana, triggering panic in the area.
According to police, miscreants hurled crude bombs at the convoy of the MLA while he was returning home after lodging a complaint in connection with an earlier attack on a local party leader.
Two persons have been detained in connection with the incident. Police personnel rushed to the spot soon after the explosion and recovered two live crude bombs and bomb-making material...