Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday rushed back from Darjeeling to visit violence-affected Rishra and Serampur in Hooghly district, officials said.
Bose had gone to the hill town in the northern part of the state for a G20 meeting.
Clashes were reported in Rishra on Sunday evening during a Ram Navami procession in which BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh and party’s Pursurah MLA Biman Ghosh were present. The MLA was injured and hospitalised.
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Parts of Serampore also witnessed incidents of vandalism following which prohibitory orders were imposed and Internet services suspended.
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