Basirhat communal violence: North 24 Parganas district SP transferred
According to reports, Bhaskar Mukherjee has been transferred as DC-Zone II (Airport Division) of Bidhannagar City Police, replacing IPS officer K. Sabari Raj Kumar.
Publishing an order on Saturday, West Bengal government has directed Tanmoy Ray Chaudhuri, deputy director of Directorate of Economics Offences (in the rank of DIG), to supervise the work of North 24 Parganas district's SP.
Meanwhile, Santosh Pandey, who was serving as the DC-Zone I of Bidhannagar City Police, has been replaced by K. Sabari Raj Kumar and got transferred as DC (HQs) of the same police commissionerate.
Situation at riot-hit areas in Basirhat sub-division is becoming normal slowly as no fresh clash has been reported. Besides local police and RAF, central paramilitary force personnel are carrying out route march at the violence-hit areas.
Since last Sunday night, clashes had erupted between two communities over a Facebook post at Baduria and its adjacent areas, including Basirhat, Deganga and Swarupnagar, and the violence lasted for next few days, damaging normal life and properties worth crores.
Besides a heavy force from state police, the Centre had to deploy nearly 400 BSF personnel to bring the situation under control.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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