The West Bengal police on Thursday opened up on the arrest of BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar saying he was arrested during his protest earlier in Sandeshkhali for violation of prohibitory orders under Section 144, which had been in force in the violence-hit area.
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was taken into custody by West Bengal Police after he sat on a protest demanding the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in violence-hit Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district.
Amidst the ongoing turmoil in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, now issue of BJP's LoP Suvendu Adhikari allegedly hurling 'Khalistani' jibe at a Sikh IPS officer has taken to the court.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has condemned the attack on media freedom in West Bengal, where a TV journalist reporting on Sandeshkhali horrors was 'taken away' by West Bengal Police late Monday evening.
"We have arrested an active member of KLO (KN) (Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KN)) Tapas Roy from Kumargram in Alipurduar district," Sudip Bhattacharya, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Special Task Force (STF) Siliguri said speaking to ANI.
West Bengal Police on Thursday stopped the screening of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to first-time voters on the occasion of National Voters Day across the state, the BJP's media cell chief Amit Malviya alleged, adding that the broadcast was impeded despite having all necessary
Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Pakistani national attempting to sneak into Indian Territory at the international border of Kutch District on Tuesday, said BSF in a statement.
In a joint operation with West Bengal Police, troops of North Bengal Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) have apprehended 14 persons and rescued 240 cattle heads along the Indo-Bangladesh border, officials said on Tuesday.