West Bengal bandh: 100 arrested
Most of the long distance trains were stranded at different stations due to picketing.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: About 100 people were arrested in various parts of West Bengal today as bandh supporters beat up government officials, torched a bus and disrupted rail and road traffic during an opposition-sponsored general strike to protest the police firing at Nandigram.
Roads wore a deserted look as vehicles kept off roads while train services on both Howrah and Sealdah divisions were disrupted.
A state-owned bus was set on fire in Sealdah area of the city this morning by bandh supporters. They also pelted stones and damaged a few buses at Landsdowne, Hastings, Beliaghata and Beadon Street, Deputy Commissioner of Police (HQ) P K Chatterjee here said.
Around 100 bandh supporters were arrested for disrupting traffic and damaging buses in the metropolis, he said.
In North Dinajpur district, Congress supporters beat up the Additional District Magistrate and four top officials. Deputy Magistrate Probhat Chatterjee was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, Home Secretary P R Roy said.
Roy said road and rail blockades were put up by the bandh supporters at different places in the state which were removed by the police.
Railway sources said that train services in both Howrah and Sealdah divisions were hit due to picketing at various stations by the bandh supporters.
Most of the long distance trains were stranded at different stations due to picketing, the sources said.
Metro Railway however mantained its services.
About a dozen flights belonging to different airlines took off for their destinations by 7.15 this morning.
The strike was called by Trinamool Congress, Congress, BJP and Socialist Unity Centre of India in protest against the police action on the villagers of Nandigram that claimed at least 14 lives on Wednesday.
Roads wore a deserted look as vehicles kept off roads while train services on both Howrah and Sealdah divisions were disrupted.
A state-owned bus was set on fire in Sealdah area of the city this morning by bandh supporters. They also pelted stones and damaged a few buses at Landsdowne, Hastings, Beliaghata and Beadon Street, Deputy Commissioner of Police (HQ) P K Chatterjee here said.
Around 100 bandh supporters were arrested for disrupting traffic and damaging buses in the metropolis, he said.
In North Dinajpur district, Congress supporters beat up the Additional District Magistrate and four top officials. Deputy Magistrate Probhat Chatterjee was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, Home Secretary P R Roy said.
Roy said road and rail blockades were put up by the bandh supporters at different places in the state which were removed by the police.
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Railway sources said that train services in both Howrah and Sealdah divisions were hit due to picketing at various stations by the bandh supporters.
Most of the long distance trains were stranded at different stations due to picketing, the sources said.
Metro Railway however mantained its services.
About a dozen flights belonging to different airlines took off for their destinations by 7.15 this morning.
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The strike was called by Trinamool Congress, Congress, BJP and Socialist Unity Centre of India in protest against the police action on the villagers of Nandigram that claimed at least 14 lives on Wednesday.
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