Two groups clashed during a holy procession in Birbhum, West Bengal, resulting in stone pelting. Internet services have been suspended in the area until 17th March. The BJP has criticised the TMC government over the violence, claiming a deterioration in law and order. Police have detained approximately 20 people. The situation has since normalised, but concerns about communal harmony persist.
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00:00Two groups clashed during the Holi procession. Stone pelting was reported from the state of
00:04West Bengal. Internet services have now been suspended in Birbhumi till the 17th of March.
00:12The BJP has slammed TMC over the violence that took place in Birbhum. The BJP says that
00:18law and order situation under the TMC government in the state of West Bengal has gone for a toss.
00:23BJP is also saying Mamata Banerjee has turned Birbhum into a blast factory.
00:53My colleague Suryagini is now joining me on the story. Suryagini, once again,
01:09a face-off between BJP and TMC with regards to the violence.
01:12BJP pointing fingers at Mamata Banerjee and the TMC government in the state of West Bengal.
01:23After the Holi celebrations in Shankhya in Birbhumi, a verbal altercation between
01:29two groups led to a scuffle following which stones were pelted from both sides.
01:41Following which police were deployed in Shankhya in Birbhumi.
01:50And that led to the de-escalation of the entire situation.
01:55However, internet services have been clamped down from the 14th last evening till the 17th.
02:03And what the state mentions is that fake news and rumour mongering does not spread and does
02:11not disturb the communal harmony in the state and especially in that particular area.
02:16It's also important to mention that it has happened in Birbhum-Shankhya and this entire
02:22internet clamping down is only applicable in that particular area of Birbhum only.
02:28Thankfully, the situation has been pretty normal-ish since late afternoon yesterday,
02:38and 20 plus people were detained in this scuffle that broke out between two groups.
02:47Thank you, Suryagini. So far, close to 20 people, as my colleague Suryagini was pointing out,
02:51have now been detained in the state of West Bengal. The situation has now been normalised.