Fresh violence rocks Bengal, 60 folks arrested, cleric served discover

By PTI

KOLKATA: At least 60 folks had been arrested after a wave of recent violence within the industrial district of Howrah, elements of Murshidabad district and South 24 Parganas, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed to take strict motion in opposition to “those attempting to instigate riots in the state”.

Police chiefs had been shunted out to herald officers with “tough” reputations into areas scarred by violence since Friday and the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif, a cleric with political ambitions was served a discover Saturday by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) Saturday for utilizing kids in violent demonstrations.

West Bengal | Clashes broke out in Murshidabad district. Police personnel on the spot pic.twitter.com/0vHuwGDFzi

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Suspension of web companies which had been clamped since Friday on Howrah district was prolonged to elements of Murshidabad district too Saturday. The violent demonstrations and protests are focused in opposition to feedback by suspended BJP chief spokespersons on Prophet Mohammad.

At least 60 folks had been arrested and booked beneath IPC sections that take care of rioting, try to homicide and inflicting harm to public properties, amongst others, in reference to violence in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police stated on Saturday.

Widespread violence broke out in Howrah district on Friday over inflammatory feedback by now-suspended BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.

Fresh violence was reported in Panchla Bazaar space in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Saturday as protesters clashed with the police and a number of other homes had been set on hearth, a senior officer stated. Protesters pelted policemen with stones, injuring a few of them, and in addition vandalised a BJP occasion workplace.

Several hearth tenders had been pressed into service as police lobbed tear gasoline shells to disperse protesters, the officer stated, including the scenario was “under control” in the intervening time.

“The agitators have been dispersed. Some policemen have been injured in the stone-pelting. We are conducting a route march in the area. The situation is under control,” he stated.

The West Bengal authorities on Saturday additionally suspended web companies in elements of Murshidabad district until June 14 to cease the unfold of misinformation following violence in Howrah, the place such a clampdown is already in drive.

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This adopted the arrest of a faculty lady in Murshidabad district’s Beldanga in addition to violent protests and arson within the space.

The lady was arrested for allegedly placing up a publish on her social networking website supporting the views of the now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed, police stated.

Protesters demanding her arrest, clashed with Police and attacked the lady’s home in addition to a number of others within the space.

Internet companies have been suspended in Beldanga 1 block overlaying Beldanga Police Station space and Beldanga 2 block overlaying Rejinagar and Shaktipur Police Station areas until 6 AM on June 14, an order acknowledged.

Internet companies have already been suspended in the complete Howrah district until June 13 and Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in a number of areas reminiscent of Uluberia, Domjur and Panchla until June 15.

Incidents of violence and protests had been reported from South 24 Parganas district’s Kulpi. Protesters attacked MLA Jogaranjan Halder’s automobile close to Amtala, police stated.

Banerjee in a tweet on Saturday claimed that some political events had been behind the violent incidents that rocked Howrah district and promised to take strict motion in opposition to these making an attempt to instigate riots within the state.

She additionally questioned why frequent folks ought to endure on account of a “sin” dedicated by the BJP, in reference to controversial remarks by suspended and expelled saffron occasion leaders on Prophet Mohammad which triggered the violent protests.

“As I have said before, normal life has been affected by violent incidents in Howrah over the last two days. Some political parties are behind this, they want to instigate riots. But this won’t be tolerated and strict action will be taken against those involved. Why should common people suffer because of sin committed by BJP,” Banerjee tweeted in Bengali.

Following the violence, the state authorities changed the Superintendent of Police of Rural Howrah, and the Commissioner of Police of Howrah City.

Praveen Tripathi, Additional CP of Kolkata Police, was made the brand new Commissioner of Police of Howrah City.

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Swathi Bhangalia, DCP (South West) of Kolkata Police, was made the brand new SP of Rural Howrah.

The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) Saturday despatched a show-cause discover Md Sanaullah Siddiqui, the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif, because it took suo motu cognisance of the movies on Facebook displaying kids collaborating in protests at Domjur in Howrah district the place agitators pelted stones, set police automobiles on hearth, broken public property and clashed with police on Friday.

In its discover, the fee expressed concern over the problem and condemned inserting kids in danger and directed the superintendents of police of Howrah rural and Barasat police districts, Howrah police commissioner and district magistrates of Howrah and North 24 Parganas to investigate and take acceptable motion in opposition to these concerned in utilizing kids for demonstrations.

The protests stored the state’s political cauldron on the boil as West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and his supporters had been arrested whereas attempting to go to the violence-hit Howrah district the place a number of saffron occasion workplaces had been attacked, because the district was beneath prohibitory orders and gatherings of 5 or extra folks was banned there.

Majumdar and his companions had been nonetheless later launched.

Reacting to the violence West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed concern over the “worsening law and order” scenario within the state and requested Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to deal sternly with lawbreakers.

BJP MP from West Bengal, Saumitra Khan, additionally wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding rapid deployment of central forces in violence-hit Howrah.

Reacting to the developments, TMC chief spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Ray nonetheless accused the Governor and the BJP leaders of creating provocative statements on the problem.

“The Governor and the BJP leaders are making provocative statements. They are fanning violence,” he stated, questioning why Nupur Sharma had not been arrested as but.