West Bengal: Two BJP MPs booked for inciting violence in Hooghly

Chandannagar Police on Saturday filed a case against BJP’s Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh for allegedly inciting violence at Telinipara in Hooghly district.…

Violent clashes broke out between two groups in Telinipara area on last Sunday after members of one community got into a verbal altercation with members of another community on why they were roaming around during lockdown after five of their members tested Covid-19 positive.

Several shops were ransacked and many were injured in the clash. On Monday morning, the two groups also hurled bombs at each other and set shops on fire.