Clashes broke out between two teams throughout a Ram Navami rally at Raghunathganj space of Mushidabad’s Jangipur. | Photograph Credit score: ANI
Kolkata:
Two days after clashes throughout Ram Navami processions, the scenario in Murshidabad district’s Jangipur space is now peaceable, police sources mentioned. Prohibitory orders have been imposed beneath Part 163 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. Police officers mentioned 31 folks had been arrested and 21 had been injured within the clashes.
“The scenario is now peaceable. We’re analyzing video and CCTV footage to determine extra folks and arrest them,” a senior police official instructed. The Hindu on Sunday (March 29, 2026).
Clashes broke out between two teams on March 27, 2026 throughout a Ram Navami rally in Jangipur’s Raghunathganj space. Pressure gripped the locality because the scenario escalated shortly as stone pelting, arson, and vandalism incidents had been reported. Safety was tightened.
Forward of the Meeting polls, the clashes on the rally led to heated alternate between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP). Each West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah traded barbs a day after the violence rocked the north Bengal district.
“You (BJP) eliminated folks (officers) beneath me and orchestrated this riot. You need to be ashamed. You could have looted outlets, began arson… When one Shiv temple is damaged, BJP does a lot drama. Breaking a temple just isn’t proper, I don’t help it. Who gave you the proper to begin a riot in Raghunathganj?” Ms. Banerjee mentioned at a rally on Saturday (March 28, 2026).
Mamata’s cost
Throughout her marketing campaign, Ms. Banerjee mentioned folks mustn’t blame her for the violence that unfolded as a result of all cops had been modified by the Election Fee of India (ECI) and she or he as an elected Chief Minister had been left with no powers.
“I do not know why the administration just isn’t taking motion… BJP has cherry-picked officers,” the TMC supremo mentioned at a rally in Pashchim Bardhaman’s Raniganj.
Mr. Shah hit again at Ms. Banerjee and mentioned the variety of such incidents had declined after the ECI transferred sure officers beneath the Mamata Banerjee authorities.
“The switch of officers could look extra in Bengal as a result of a lot of them have change into cadres of them (Mamata and TMC). However such transfers occur in each poll-bound State,” Mr. Shah added.
The EC has transferred a number of high police and administrative officers from throughout West Bengal after the elections had been declared on March 15, and the Mannequin Code of Conduct was imposed.
Within the adjoining district of Malda, viral visuals confirmed younger males carrying daggers and lengthy knives in a Ram Navami procession, although there have been strict restrictions in opposition to carrying such objects in public rallies.
Violence in Ram Navami processions just isn’t new in West Bengal. In 2024, there was a crude bomb explosion on the Shaktipur space in Murshidabad district throughout a Ram Navami procession. Previous to this in 2023, violence broke out in Howrah’s Shibpur and Rishra in Hooghly and Dalkhola in north Bengal space throughout a Ram Navami procession.
Revealed – March 29, 2026 08:08 pm IST