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.
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], June 11 (ANI): A day after violence broke out in West Bengal's Howrah district on Friday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief Sukanta Majumdar was arrested under preventive sections on Saturday by police when he was on the way to the Howrah protest site as