Overview
- West Bengal Police arrested Narayan Halder, 28, who they say confessed to damaging the idol while drunk at a Suryanagar GP temple.
- Authorities describe the act as an isolated, local incident with no political or communal angle found so far, and the investigation continues.
- Protesters blocked a national highway with the damaged idol, stone-pelting was reported, and police used minimum force to disperse the crowd.
- Officers say they placed the idol in a police van to prevent further harm, facilitated immersion later, and filed FIRs for vandalism and the blockade.
- BJP leaders accused the TMC government of negligence and a cover-up, TMC urged restraint, police warned against misinformation, and some shared videos could not be independently verified.