Kolkata, May 7 -- A five-member bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday sought a report within 3 days from West Bengal government on the post-election violence in the state that claimed at least 16 lives.

The violence erupted after Assembly election results were announced, the petitioner said.

Senior TMC leader Udayan Guha was injured in an attack allegedly by BJP activists at Dinhata in Cooch Behar district on Thursday.

A 22-year-old man died on Wednesday night after alleged TMC workers assaulted him in East Bardhaman district when he tried to save his father from their attack on the night of May 4, police said on Thursday

The bench asked the advocate general Kishore Duta to specify in affidavit the names of the places where the violenc...