Social activist Medha Patkar was on Thursday assaulted allegedly by CPM activists at Kapaseberia in East Midnapore district while on her way to strife-torn Nandigram.
“There were CPM men carrying red flags who blocked my car and some other vehicles which were going along with mine to Nandigram. I was hit on the face and they tried to pull my hair and was about to drag me out of the car,” Patkar said over phone from the spot.
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