By way of PTI
KOLKATA: A minimum of 60 other people have been arrested after a wave of clean violence within the commercial district of Howrah, portions of Murshidabad district and South 24 Parganas, as Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed to take strict motion in opposition to “the ones making an attempt to instigate riots within the state”.
Police chiefs have been shunted out to usher in officials with “difficult” reputations into spaces scarred by means of violence since Friday and the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif, a cleric with political ambitions was once served a realize Saturday by means of the West Bengal Fee for Coverage of Kid Rights (WBCPCR) Saturday for the usage of youngsters in violent demonstrations.
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Suspension of web products and services which have been clamped since Friday on Howrah district was once prolonged to portions of Murshidabad district too Saturday. The violent demonstrations and protests are focused in opposition to feedback by means of suspended BJP chief spokespersons on Prophet Mohammad.
A minimum of 60 other people have been arrested and booked below IPC sections that care for rioting, try to homicide and inflicting injury to public houses, amongst others, in reference to violence in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police mentioned on Saturday.
In style violence broke out in Howrah district on Friday over inflammatory feedback by means of now-suspended BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.
Contemporary violence was once reported in Panchla Bazaar house in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Saturday as protesters clashed with the police and several other properties have been set on fireplace, a senior officer mentioned. Protesters pelted policemen with stones, injuring a few of them, and likewise vandalised a BJP birthday party place of job.
A number of fireplace tenders have been pressed into provider as police lobbed tear fuel shells to disperse protesters, the officer mentioned, including the location was once “below regulate” this present day.
“The agitators had been dispersed. Some policemen had been injured within the stone-pelting. We’re carrying out a direction march within the house. The location is below regulate,” he mentioned.
The West Bengal executive on Saturday additionally suspended web products and services in portions of Murshidabad district until June 14 to forestall the unfold of incorrect information following violence in Howrah, the place this type of 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 house.
The woman was once arrested for allegedly placing up a submit on her social networking website online supporting the perspectives of the now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed, police mentioned.
Protesters hard her arrest, clashed with Police and attacked the lady’s space in addition to a number of others within the house.
Web products and services had been suspended in Beldanga 1 block overlaying Beldanga Police Station house and Beldanga 2 block overlaying Rejinagar and Shaktipur Police Station spaces until 6 AM on June 14, an order mentioned.
Web products and services have already been suspended in all the Howrah district until June 13 and Segment 144 of CrPC has been imposed in different spaces equivalent to Uluberia, Domjur and Panchla until June 15.
Incidents of violence and protests have been reported from South 24 Parganas district’s Kulpi. Protesters attacked MLA Jogaranjan Halder’s car close to Amtala, police mentioned.
Banerjee in a tweet on Saturday claimed that some political events have been at the back of the violent incidents that rocked Howrah district and promised to take strict motion in opposition to the ones making an attempt to instigate riots within the state.
She additionally puzzled why commonplace other people must endure because of a “sin” dedicated by means of the BJP, in connection with debatable remarks by means of suspended and expelled saffron birthday party leaders on Prophet Mohammad which caused the violent protests.
“As I’ve mentioned prior to, customary lifestyles has been suffering from violent incidents in Howrah during the last two days. Some political events are at the back of this, they need to instigate riots. However this would possibly not be tolerated and strict motion shall be taken in opposition to the ones concerned. Why must commonplace other people endure on account of sin dedicated by means of BJP,” Banerjee tweeted in Bengali.
Following the violence, the state executive changed the Superintendent of Police of Rural Howrah, and the Commissioner of Police of Howrah Town.
Praveen Tripathi, Further CP of Kolkata Police, was once made the brand new Commissioner of Police of Howrah Town.
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Swathi Bhangalia, DCP (South West) of Kolkata Police, was once made the brand new SP of Rural Howrah.
The West Bengal Fee for Coverage of Kid Rights (WBCPCR) Saturday despatched a show-cause realize Md Sanaullah Siddiqui, the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif, because it took suo motu cognisance of the movies on Fb appearing youngsters taking part in protests at Domjur in Howrah district the place agitators pelted stones, set police automobiles on fireplace, broken public assets and clashed with police on Friday.
In its realize, the fee expressed worry over the problem and condemned hanging youngsters in peril 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 suitable motion in opposition to the ones curious about the usage of youngsters for demonstrations.
The protests stored the state’s political cauldron at the boil as West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and his supporters have been arrested whilst seeking to talk over with the violence-hit Howrah district the place a number of saffron birthday party places of work have been attacked, because the district was once below prohibitory orders and gatherings of five or extra other people was once banned there.
Majumdar and his partners have been on the other hand later launched.
Reacting to the violence West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed worry over the “worsening regulation and order” scenario within the state and requested Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee to deal sternly with lawbreakers.
BJP MP from West Bengal, Saumitra Khan, additionally wrote to Union House Minister Amit Shah, hard quick deployment of central forces in violence-hit Howrah.
Reacting to the traits, TMC leader spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on the other hand accused the Governor and the BJP leaders of creating provocative statements at the factor.
“The Governor and the BJP leaders are making provocative statements. They’re fanning violence,” he mentioned, questioning why Nupur Sharma had no longer been arrested as but.
