West Bengal police have arrested a man from Bihar who allegedly carried a weapon during the Ram Navami procession. A video that went viral on social media showed him carrying a gun during the rally.
According to a report by NDTV, the 19-year-old Sumit Shaw confessed to carrying a firearm during the Ram Navami rally.
Trinamool National Congress's (TMC) General Secretary posted a video on Twitter that showed a man holding a gun and alleged that it was BJP’s “dangabaji formula” to provoke and instigate communities against each other.
The video was later shared by the other TMC MPs as well. In response, BJP claimed that the video is not from the Ram Navami rally which was organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Bengal's Howrah.
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After fresh violence broke out in Hooghly district in West Bengal after Ram Navami, all local and mail express train services on Eastern Railway's Howrah–Barddhaman main line were suspended for three hours between Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
Last week, clashes had erupted between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was passing through Kazipara in Howrah town. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee had alleged the BJP and other right-wing groups were behind the violence.
