BJP-police clash in West Bengal's Basirhat leaves several injured
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): Several activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were seriously injured as a law violation programme of the party turned violent and police resorted to lathicharge at Basirhat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Monday.
Hundreds of BJP supporters assembled at Basirhat Town Hall ground without local police's permission and when the rally started moving towards SDO's office, police tried to stop the march by setting up barricades.
When BJP supporters allegedly pelted stones and bricks aiming at police force, police resorted to lathicharge.
Several BJP activists were injured in the clash while a large number of supporters were detained.
BJP president Dilip Ghosh, who led the rally, claimed that outsiders were involved in the stone pelting.
"I noticed that outsiders pelted stones at police and then police restored to lathicharge in which several of our activists were injured," Dilip Ghosh told IBNS.
"Our activists were assembled peacefully there and they did not attack the police," Ghosh said.
"We had informed the police that outsiders might take part in the rally and attacked the police," he added.
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