Tension erupts in Kolkata after bus runs over two

According to reports, after violating traffic signal, a Sector V bound bus ran over two first year students of a city college near Chingrighata crossing at around 11:15 am.

After being rescued, the youths were rushed to a local hospital where they were declared brought dead.

A police official told IBNS that the deceased have been identified as Biswajit Bhunia and Sanjay Bani who were residents of nearby Shantinagar area.

Following the incident, local people vandalized several vehicles, including police vans, and torched at least five public buses and one goods carrier.

When police reached the scene, angry mob charged at them too.

They threw bricks and stones at the police  who had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the mob.

A senior official of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate told IBNS that a heavy police force along with Rapid Action Force (RAF) have been deployed to bring the situation under control.

Till the last update came in, senior police officials and local MLA, Sujit Bose, had reached the scene; security personnel were seen throwing tear gas shells to lift the road blockade.

Meanwhile, due to the incident, traffic movement on one of Kolkata's busiest roads, the EM Bypass were disrupted and a major traffic congestion has been reported from adjacent areas.

"We are trying to take the situation under control and to clear the traffic as soon as possible," a local police official told IBNS.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)