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Violence hits Bhatpara again!

A fresh clash between police and the BJP supporters after BJP delegation visits the area. Police had to use batons to remove locals.

Violence hits Bhatpara again!

Violence again at Bhatpara after BJP delegation to visits the area

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Published : Jun 22, 2019, 4:03 PM IST

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Updated : Jun 23, 2019, 8:40 AM IST

Kolkata: As the three-member BJP delegation arrived at trouble-torn Bhatpara on Saturday, there was a clash between police and the BJP supporters.

Police had to use batons to remove locals from the spot in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas, as the BJP delegation visits the area.

Violence hits Bhatpara again!

The BJP central leadership had asked the team led by SS Ahluwalia, an MP from West Bengal, to visit Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district. He is accompanied by MPs Satya Pal Singh and BD Ram, besides other state leaders. Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh was also accompanying them.

The delegation will meet family members of the deceased and talk to the locals. It will submit a report to party president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Two people had died and seven others injured in clashes in Bhatpara between the groups suspected to be attached to TMC and BJP on Thursday. Section 144 has been imposed by the administration in the wake of the clashes.

Earlier in the day, a joint delegation of CPI(M) and Congress headed by Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan and CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty visited the troubled areas of Baruipara, Jagaddal, Bhatpara. They demanded a CBI inquiry into the killings.

On Friday, the BJP leadership had also demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident to bring out the truth.

A TMC citadel for long, Bhatpara has been witnessing frequent post-poll violence between the rival parties.

Also read: 2 terrorists killed in Baramulla encounter

Kolkata: As the three-member BJP delegation arrived at trouble-torn Bhatpara on Saturday, there was a clash between police and the BJP supporters.

Police had to use batons to remove locals from the spot in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas, as the BJP delegation visits the area.

Violence hits Bhatpara again!

The BJP central leadership had asked the team led by SS Ahluwalia, an MP from West Bengal, to visit Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district. He is accompanied by MPs Satya Pal Singh and BD Ram, besides other state leaders. Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh was also accompanying them.

The delegation will meet family members of the deceased and talk to the locals. It will submit a report to party president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Two people had died and seven others injured in clashes in Bhatpara between the groups suspected to be attached to TMC and BJP on Thursday. Section 144 has been imposed by the administration in the wake of the clashes.

Earlier in the day, a joint delegation of CPI(M) and Congress headed by Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan and CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty visited the troubled areas of Baruipara, Jagaddal, Bhatpara. They demanded a CBI inquiry into the killings.

On Friday, the BJP leadership had also demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident to bring out the truth.

A TMC citadel for long, Bhatpara has been witnessing frequent post-poll violence between the rival parties.

Also read: 2 terrorists killed in Baramulla encounter

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Violence-hit Bhatpara limps back to normalcy, BJP delegation to visit

Kolkata: Few shops and government offices opened up and private vehicles were seen plying on the streets on Saturday morning as strife-torn Bhatpara in West Bengal''s north 24 Parganas district limped back to normalcy amid tight security and police vigil in the area.

Many schools, factories and private institutions, however, remained closed as an atmosphere of panic and apprehension prevailed in the area under the Barrackpore industrial belt, two days after the clashes that claimed two lives and left at least four people injured.

A number of police pickets have been built at the important crossings near Ghoshpara and Kalyani Highway to prevent outsiders from entering the area.

On Saturday morning, local police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel carried out a route march in and around Bhatpara.

A three-member BJP delegation, comprising MPs S.S. Ahluwalia, Vishnu Dayal Ram and Satyapal Singh, is scheduled to visit the area later in the day to study the situation and submit a report to party chief Amit Shah.

A joint delegation of the Congress and the Left party leaders will also visit the spot.

The region, which falls under the Barrackpore parliamentary constituency, has been tense since the election results were announced on May 23.

Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Bhatpara Arjun Singh, who defected to the BJP just before the elections, won the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, while his son Pawan Singh won the Assembly by-election from Bhatpara.

A fresh flare-up in the area on Thursday killed two persons and left at least four others injured when the police opened fire, prompting the administration to impose prohibitory orders in the affected areas.

Protesting against the police brutality, BJP workers led by local MP Arjun Singh, held a demonstration outside the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate on Friday.

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Last Updated : Jun 23, 2019, 8:40 AM IST

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