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Violence spreads in Bengal; railway and bus services hit
Updated On: 15 December, 2019 08:00 AM IST | Kolkata | Agencies
In Suti of the same district, three state buses were vandalised on Saturday morning and one of them torched by the protestors after they forced out the passengers
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Police jawans try to protect themselves as protestors throw stones on them during an agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at Santragachi in Howrah district of West Bengal, on Saturday. Pic/PTI
Kolkata: Violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 spread to more areas in West Bengal on Saturday as mobs torched buses, set afire railway property and blockaded road and rail disrupting train and vehicular movement.
In Murshidabad district, railway equipment kept at Eastern Railway's Beldanga station, which had also faced mob fury on Friday, was burnt by protestors, who also damaged a fire brigade engine and set it afire. When police rushed in, they were stoned.
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