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16 arrested after two killed in Bhatpara clashes in West Bengal
Updated On: 22 June, 2019 10:23 AM IST | | Agencies
In the by-elections to the Bhatpara assembly seat that were held along with the Lok Sabha elections, his son Pawan Singh had defeated TMC candidate and former state minister Madan Mitra
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BJP activists protest in front of Barrackpore CP office in North 24 Parganas on Friday. Pic/PTI
Kolkata: A day after clashes erupted between two groups in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, the situation remained tense with prohibitory orders in force and huge police deployment in the area, officials said Friday. As many as 16 people were arrested in connection with the clashes, a police officer said.
Two people were killed and 11 others injured on Thursday after clashes broke out between two groups suspected to be affiliated to the TMC and the BJP. Expressing concern, Governor K N Tripathi said, "Not only in Bhatpara but in the entire state, there is a need to keep peace." Shops and markets remained shut in Bhatpara and Jagaddal areas, where internet services have been temporarily restricted. The authorities had imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in and around the area following the violence on Thursday. Though there was no report of any untoward in the area on Thursday night, many people claimed to have heard "sounds of bombing" near Kankinara market this morning. The police, however, were yet to confirm it. The BJP accused the state administration of acting as "TMC cadres" and its national secretary Rahul Sinha demanded a CBI inquiry into the Bhatpara firing incident.
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