Congress activists clash with West Bengal police in Kolkata.Byline: ANI Kolkata, July 29 (ANI): Clash erupted between policemen and Congress party activists here on Tuesday while they were demanding action against police officials allegedly involved in a recent attack on party deputies in Mangalkot region of Burdwan district of West Bengal. Eight party legislators were injured on July 15 in an attack allegedly by activists of Communist Party of India
Hundreds of activists of Congress party's youth-wing marched towards Lalbazar police headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: , raising slogans demanding action against erring police officials. Amitava Chakrabarty, President, youth-wing of Congress party, said policemen baton charged them and stopped them from entering the police headquarters. "Our party supporters are being attacked there till now. To protest against this and because of the inefficiency of the police today we marched towards Lalbazar," he added. Protesters said that Congress workers had met state officials after the Mangalkot incident and were assured of action against the police officials involved in the attack on legislators. But no action has been taken so far, protesters said. Agitated ag·i·tate v. ag·i·tat·ed, ag·i·tat·ing, ag·i·tates v.tr. 1. To cause to move with violence or sudden force. 2. protesters also burned effigy EFFIGY, crim. law. The figure or representation of a person. 2. To make the effigy of a person with an intent to make him the object of ridicule, is a libel. (q.v.) Hawk. b. 1, c. 7 3, s. 2 14 East, 227; 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 866. 3. of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee accusing inefficiency on the part of state government in taking acting against the guilty. As per media reports National Human Rights Commission (NHRC NHRC National Human Rights Commission (India) NHRC Naval Health Research Center (US Navy) NHRC Natural Hazards Research Centre (Australia) NHRC Navrongo Health Research Centre ) has found fault with the police in providing security to Congress legislators. The Commission has reportedly asked the State government to give a report within 15 days. The attack on Congress legislators led to violence and 12-hour-shutdown in the State thereby paralysing railway services and forcing airlines to cancel or reschedule re·sched·ule tr.v. re·sched·uled, re·sched·ul·ing, re·sched·ules To schedule again or anew: rescheduled the meeting for the following week; rescheduled the debts of many developing nations. flights. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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