Through PTI
KOLKATA: BJP’s West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar used to be arrested on Saturday afternoon when he attempted to seek advice from violence-hit Howrah district, police mentioned.
Majumdar, the MP of Balurghat in Uttar Dinajpur, used to be arrested close to the toll plaza on Vidyasagar Setu, they mentioned.
“Mr Majumdar used to be seeking to shuttle to Howrah the place prohibitory orders below CrPC 144 had been clamped. His seek advice from will have created a regulation and order scenario. It is a preventive arrest,” a senior police officer informed PTI.
Violence rocked portions of Howrah on Friday following the inflammatory remarks of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed worry over the “worsening regulation and order” scenario within the state, following protests in different portions of Howrah district.
He requested Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee to deal sternly with the issue and take motion towards lawbreakers.
“Involved at worsening regulation & order scenario. Inactivity @chief_west@WBPolice @KolkataPolice is unlucky endorsement of the illegal activity of regulation violators. Attraction #MamataBanerjee to sternly take care of lawbreakers. All concerned be recognized and arrested,” Dhankhar wrote on Twitter.
The placement in Howrah, which witnessed violent protests towards arguable remarks of suspended BJP spokespersons, used to be non violent on Saturday morning, officers mentioned.
Protesters clashed with police staff in Dhulagarh, Panchla and Uluberia spaces when regulation enforcers attempted to finish a blockade on a countrywide freeway stretch on Friday.
They set police automobiles on fireplace and broken public belongings all through the agitations.
Web products and services had been suspended around the district until June 13 and prohibitory orders below Segment 144 of the CrPC imposed in different spaces comparable to Uluberia, Domjur and Panchla until June 15.
Commuters needed to face issues as highway and railway tracks had been blocked by means of protesters within the district.
A number of native and categorical trains had been cancelled because of the violence.
