'The Trinamool Congress controls the rural body there. It is trying to foment trouble in the area. And they have been trying to perpetrate violence in the entire state since the Lok Sabha polls,' said Rajarhat legislator and CPI-M leader Rabin Mandal.

But Sunday's incident is not isolated. Around 100 people have died in clashes in the state since the Lok Sabha polls.

Large parts of the state -- Murshidabad, Burdwan, Birbhum, Hooghly, Howrah and East Midnapore districts -- have been rocked by political violence after the polls.

This prompted governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi's comment that the state was witnessing a 'veritable tandava (Lord Shiva's dance of destruction in Hindu mythology) of political violence'.

Political scientist Sabyasachi Basu Roy Chowdhury blamed the rampant violence on the changed political scenario.

'During its 32-year rule, the Left Front has indulged in nepotism and partisanship. Their opponents had been silent all along. But the Lok Sabha polls have changed everything. The Left Front's rivals have scented a chance to establish their dominance in battles for political turf. Some of these people now feel they are more organised and powerful,' Chowdhury told IANS.

Real estate battles were also a cause of the violence, he added. 'So far, those in power were making and unmaking land deals. Now the emerging forces are also putting their hand in the lucrative pie.'

He predicted that irrespective of the results of the 2011 assembly polls, violence would continue for the next four-five years.