Police confirmed that all five arrested individuals are local residents and said a separate case has been registered at Sonarpur police station following the disturbance.
The violence had broken out on Friday after a mob allegedly pelted stones and vandalised a police post over a dispute related to the volume of loudspeakers at a mosque.
The Trinamul Congress delegation in Tripura met the director general of Tripura police on the issue of vandalism of their office there but no arrests have been made yet in the case.
Mahto, accompanied by former MLA Lambodar Mahto, Ichagarh’s former candidate Harelal Mahto and party general secretary Sanjay Mehta, was on his way to meet those injured in the violence linked to the Kurmi agitation for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The victim was accompanied by BJP’s Cooch Behar District Vice President Deepa Chakraborty and District General Secretary Biraj Bose to the Cooch Behar police station.
As per the plans of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC), a meeting was scheduled in Siliguri on Sunday, followed by Rahul Gandhi addressing a gathering.
The Calcutta High Court (HC) on Thursday has passed a stay on the FIRs lodged by West Bengal Police against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the alleged ration distribution scam in the state.
Assembly bypoll in Dhupguri of the Jalpaiguri district passed off peacefully on Tuesday except for stray incidents in a few…
Party workers erected a dharna podium at Serampore Battala, however, the police brought it down and prevented any gathering of BJP party workers.
Notifies rules for induction, training, termination of duty
