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West Bengal Transfers Top Officers After Maheshtala Violence

Opposition pushes for a High Court hearing on a central probe into the unrest that left dozens injured with 40 arrests.

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This comes in the background of a clash that broke out between two groups over an illegal construction in the Rabindranagar police station area and adjacent areas of Nadial on June 11 (PTI/ Representative photo)

Overview

  • SDPO Kamrujjaman Molla and IC Mukul Mia were reassigned on June 14 following criticism over delayed police intervention during the five-hour clashes.
  • Police have arrested 40 people in connection with the June 11 dispute over a tulsi mancha platform on contested land and filed seven FIRs.
  • Prohibitory orders remain in force in Rabindranagar, with the Rapid Action Force conducting regular patrols to deter further unrest.
  • BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court demanding deployment of central armed forces and an NIA investigation into the communal aspects of the clashes.
  • TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee directed party workers to provide support and compensation to families whose shops and homes were damaged in the violence.