Kolkata: Normalcy was restored in violence-hit Bhatpara in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, as shops opened and people have eventually come out of their homes.
Although shops were closed an atmosphere of panic and apprehension prevailed in the area under the Barrackpore industrial belt, normalcy has been to a large extent been restored.
A number of police pickets have been set up at important crossings near Ghoshpara and Kalyani highway to prevent outsiders from entering the area. Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel carried on with their area domination work.
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A three-member delegation, comprising Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs - S.S. Ahluwalia, Satya Pal Singh and Vishnu Dayal Ram, visited the house of the two deceased - Rambabu Shaw and Dharambir Shaw - in Bhatpara on Saturday afternoon.
Fresh tension erupted shortly after the delegation left the area as a group of locals agitated against the police accusing them of inaction and pelted stones at the personnel on duty.