2 Trinamool workers held with arms

Two Trinamool Congress supporters were arrested with arms and ammunition from Bolgona village near here early today,police said. Acting on a tip off,police raided the village and picked them up from their houses and recovered four revolvers,four cartridges and ten bombs from them.

Police faced stiff resistance from locals when they had gone to the village to arrest the duo who had allegedly beat up CPI(M) workers during nomination filing for panchayat polls,police said.

A policeman suffered minor injury. After the arrest,CPI(M) supporters attacked the houses of several Trinamool workers in the village. The situation,however,was brought to control following police intevention.