"Two persons have been admitted to Manipal Hospitals Broadway, Kolkata, at around 11:30 am with bullet injuries to the head following political clashes at Bhatpara earlier today. Doctors are assessing their condition and keeping them under close observation at the ICU," said Manipal Hospi
In West Bengal, BJP called for a '12-hour Bengal Bandh' after Kolkata police resorted to lathi-charge, the use of water cannons and tear gas against the protestors in the 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally.
On August 27, chaos broke out in the streets of Kolkata. Security personnel lobbed tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protestors on the Howrah Bridge marching towards the West Bengal State Secretariat Nabanna, amidst the growing protests over the
Congress MP Manickam Tagore hit out at the BJP and alleged that it was politicising the rape and murder case of the trainee female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for political gains stating that this would not help anyone.
Union Minister Lalan Singh held West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible for police action on the protesters that took place on August 27, over the murder-rape case at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata.
Reacting to the BJP's protest call for the 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh', TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said that the people of West Bengal have rejected BJP's bandh.
Kolkata police have detained BJP leader Locket Chatterjee who joined the '12-hour Bengal bandh' protest in West Bengal, following the Nabanna Abhijan violence.
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Authorities have tightened security in Kolkata in the wake of the 12-hour 'Bengal Bandh' call by the BJP in protest against the alleged police crackdown during the 'Nabanna Abhijan' protest rally in the state capital on Tuesday.
After the 'Nabanna Abhiyaan' rally turned violent in Kolkata, Union Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that the TMC chief has crossed all limits of "cruelty and dictatorship" in Bengal.