The Bandh has been called by the BJP to protest against the alleged police crackdown during the 'Nabanna Abhijan' to the state secretariat in Kolkata on Tuesday.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum held a protest rally in Kolkata on Wednesday demanding justice for a fellow doctor who was tragically raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on 9 August.
"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
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.
Union Minister and BJP West Bengal President Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday urged West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to instruct the state police to release the student activists detained during the 'Nabanna Abhijan' protests march and said that detention violates their democratic right to p
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.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson C R Keshavan on Wednesday described the violence following the 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally as "vicious, vindictive and inhumane."