India, Feb. 12 -- The officer-in-charge of a police station in West Bengal's Birbhum district was taken off duty on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after two Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers were injured in a clash between rival groups over the control of illegal sand business in the region, officials involved in the probe said.

Nine people, including Swapan Sen, a member of the TMC's Khayrasole community block unit, were arrested till Wednesday noon.

"Purnendu Bikash Das, in-charge of the Kankartala police station, has been taken off duty and confined to the barracks until further orders. All nine accused will be produced before the Dubrajpur court. An investigation is on," a district police official said, requesting anonymity.

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