Union MoS Sukanta Majumdar arrested on his way to Murshidabad days after communal clashes, BJP slams CM for ‘destroying social fabric of Bengal’

According to the police, Majumdar, who is besides the Union Minister of State for Education, and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), was stopped owed to prohibitory orders imposed successful the area. The constabulary claimed “his sojourn mightiness make further hostility successful the area”.

Clashes had erupted connected Saturday nighttime betwixt groups successful Murshidabad’s Beldanga implicit an “objectionable” connection connected a integer show committee astatine a impermanent gross of a Kartik Puja pandal.

“Dr Sukanta Majumdar, President BJP West Bengal and Union Minister, has been arrested, connected his mode to Beldanga, to beryllium with grieving Hindu families, who person been ravaged by marauding Muslim mobs. Mamata Banerjee’s medication is doing everything imaginable to destruct the societal cloth of Bengal,” BJP IT cell-in-charge Amit Malviya posted connected X.

BJP Chief Spokesperson and MP Samik Bhattacharya called for roadworthy blockades successful antithetic areas to protestation the arrest. He said, “(Majumdar) was going to basal with the radical of Beldanga who had been tortured. Our mothers and sisters are suffering. Police stopped him, our (Union) Minister Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, and blocked his way. At immoderate cost, we privation to reconstruct bid successful the state. This authorities is simply a full nonaccomplishment and has done everything to appease a assemblage and make a divide.”

On Saturday night, aft quality of the alleged objectionable connection spread, groups of radical gathered, lobbed bricks and crude bombs, and torched a constabulary vehicle. Shops successful the municipality were ransacked, alongside a fewer houses. Six radical were injured successful the clashes, portion 17 were arrested.

Later that night, prohibitory orders were imposed nether Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita (which prohibits gatherings of much than 5 people), and net services were suspended. While the constabulary assertion the concern is nether control, locals accidental the country continues to beryllium tense.