Kolkata: Trinamool Congress today alleged a bullet was fired at a car carrying its leader Mamata Banerjee near Tekhali bridge in Nandigram today but the police denied any such incident.

Trinamool MLA Subhendu Adhikary alleged a bullet aimed at Banerjee was fired from a CPI (M) party office which fell close to the car carrying Mamata at Sherkhanchak near Tekhali bordering Khejuri.

The bullet, however, did not injure anyone, he said.

"We have recovered the cartridge which fell near the vehicle she was travelling in," Adhikary, the MLA from Contai Assembly seat and also the leader of Trinamool-backed Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee fighting acquisition of farmland, said.

IGP (law and order) Raj Kanojia, however, denied any such incident had taken place. Banerjee reached Nandigram today following renewed violence in the area since Friday.

Source : PTI