kolkata dum dums purba kamalapur area turned into a mini battlefield on wednesday with at least 6000 reality show contestants and their guardians ransacking a studio compound near airports gate no1 off jessore road and clashing with cops police said four people were seriously injured and hospitalized three woman constables were also hurt according to unofficial estimates 60007000 aspiring contestants had queued up to audition for a popular reality show on a bengali channel most had lined up since 4 am there was no arrangement for drinking water or toilets for the thousands waiting under the sun some of the contestants alleged around 4 pm they ran out of patience and chaos ensued the contestants claimed that at 530pm the show authorities announced the audition was over at the time over half the contestants were still in queue and soon a jostle broke out the police were heavily outnumbered and the situation spiralled out of control within minutes a senior official of the channel however refuted this allegation we made no such announcement it is all a fabrication a handful created this chaos deliberately we condemn this behaviour we will continue with the audition on thursday he said as word spread that the audition was closed the contestants went on the rampage they flung flower pots to break window panes and attacked parked cars on the campus some allegedly entered the studio and ransacked furniture and lights on the floor with no reinforcement cops at the spot were helpless when several people rushed towards the exit to escape the violence a stampede ensued four people were injured the police said although witnesses claimed the number was much higher several children also went missing in the melee missing kids back with parents among the children who went missing were 11yearold guddu sharma from madhyamgram and nineyearold gargi biswas from hind motor late in the night police said all the children had been united with their parents around 640pm dum dum oc prabir chatterjee reached the spot with policewomen additional dcp belghoria under barrackpore commissionerate biswajit ghosh also led a huge force comprising personnel from belghoria baranagar lake town and dum dum police stations to the spot raf was also deployed but they had a tough time controlling the mob which attacked the dum dum ocs car bakul mitra from konnagar had gone for the audition with her elderly motherinlaw and had been standing in queue since 430am around 10am there was flood of people the jostling and chaos had started in the morning only a few policemen were posted but nobody could control the situation some studio officials present also didnt take our plight seriously she said barrackpore detective department chief debashish bej said the situation is under control we deployed personnel as soon as the incident was reported it isnt correct to say that security was inadequate some people instigated the violence he said there have been no arrests so far