Rabindra Nagar violence in Maheshtal in the south of 24 Parganas. | Photo Credit: Skrabana Chatterjee
On Thursday, June 12, the tension was cooked in Rabindra Nagar in Maheshtale (South 24 Parganas) when the inhabitants faced with the violence that broke out the day before. Most of the stores remained closed; Some signs of vandalism, with broken glass and broken stones driven around.
Although the city workers cleaned the remains during the first hours on Thursday, the air was still heavy with the grim smell of soot and burnt fuel from inflamed vehicles. Police removed the burned remnants of the bike ignited on Wednesday afternoon, while the locals gathered the Pelted stones during clashes. Several vehicles were damaged and many inhabitants suffered injuries.
“We are sitting and counting losses. Our business was vandalized. The police also asked us not to open today. How will we survive?” said a local trader in Rabindra Nagar, and the tears explored damage.
Police Kolkata and the Police of West Bengal arrested in connection with violence, which had several police staff injured, 40 individuals in connection with violence. So far, seven companies have been registered, and the officials have confirmed.
Violence broke out at Department No. 7, Maheshtala on Wednesday morning reportedly over the establishment of trade. After the accusation of the attack on the place of worship, the situation became a turnover. The tension escalated rapidly as the two groups clashed, the stones gave and attacked the police staff. The police resorted to the shelling of the gas and the accusation of the baton to distract the crowd.
The incident occurred only from meters from the police station Rabindra Nagar. However, police officials said that deployment at that time was not sufficient to contain what they described as a “furious” crowd.
The IPS officer present on the spot said Hindu that the “situation was under control”. The authorities imposed section 163 Bharatiya Nagarik Surraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in the area, restricting movement and assembly.
On Thursday, a heavy police presence, including the Rapid Action Force (RAF) units, was kept within five kilometers around Rabindra Nagar.
“We closed our closures and ran in to save our lives. We vandalized the outside of our store,” said GoPal Basu, the owner of food standing near the police station, which suffered injuries during clashes as he raised the remains of his damaged shed.
The leader of the opposition of the ADHIKARI SUVEND was denied permission to visit this area, while the State President of BJP Sukanta Majumdar was stopped by several kilometers as he tried to enter the affected locality.
“Several houses and shops were vandalized in this area. The problem began with a fruit shop.
Several inhabitants stressed that Rabindra Nagar has long been a peaceful neighborhood with more communities without a history of high municipal tension.
“It was a simple problem of who can establish a shop where. Everyone should solve it with each other. It was not necessary to escalate him and be so violent. We lived in this area for ages. We have never seen anything like that,” said the local Bystander.
Congress Head of Trinamool and Minister of the State Director of Firhad Hakim assured that those who are responsible for attacking police staff will face strict negotiations.
Just a few weeks earlier, in April, he witnessed a similar municipal violence in SamSerganj and Dhulian in the district of Murshidabad, who claimed three lives and left hundreds of homeless.
Published – 12 June 2025 20:40 is
