Kolkata: Armed CPI(M) supporters and Maoists on Monday exchanged fire at Enaitpur area in West Midnapore district of West Bengal in which some people were killed, police said.
However, the casualty figure is yet to be ascertained, they said. "It is not possible to say how many people have died in the firing till the police reach the spot, but there are casualties," DGP Bhupinder Singh told PTI on Monday night.
"The police are on way to Enaitpur and are some five km away from the spot. They are moving to the spot cautiously as it is night and the area may be mined by the Maoists," he said.
Earlier confirming the firing by the two sides, SP Manoj Verma said, "A gunbattle is raging between the Maoists and CPI(M) supporters at Enaitpur. We cannot give the casualty figure right now."
According to top police officials, nearly 500 rounds have been fired so far.
Meanwhile, the Maoists said they have gunned down at least 12 CPI(M) supporters.
Maoist leader Kishnenji claimed that CPI(M) supporters shot at three women at Palasi village, of whom two died and another was admitted to a hospital in Midnapore.
"After this, villagers led by Maoists surrounded the CPI(M) office at Enaitpur and firing started," he told PTI from an undisclosed location.
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