Clashes between two groups broke out in West Bengal’s Howrah amid Ram Navami celebrations today.
Several vehicles were set on fire, stones were thrown and shops were ransacked as clashes between two groups broke out in West Bengal’s Howrah amid Ram Navami celebrations today. Visuals showed several vehicles engulfed in flames and a heavy police deployment – including riot control force – in the area.
The violence broke out when a Ram Navami procession was crossing the Kazipara locality. A number of cars, including a few police vehicles, were damaged during the violence and the security personnel had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the mob.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a two-day sit-in protest in Kolkata against Centre’s policies, called “rioters the enemy of the country” and said those behind today’s violence “will not be spared”.