Kolkata: A 50-year-old man was killed and five police personnel were injured including deputy superintendent of police as clashes broke out during a Ram Navami rally in West Bengal's Purulia district on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as SK Sajahan, was caught in the scuffle.
Additional Director General of Police Anuj Sharma said that violence erupted between the two groups over the Ram Navami procession taken out in the Arsha police station area of the district.
BJP and Trinamool Congress had organized processions in various parts of the state on Sunday to celebrate Ram Navami. At several places, armed processions were taken out to mark the occasion.
West Bengal BJP president, Dilip Ghosh was seen participating in one such rally with a sword and a mace In Kharagpur.
“Despite the police not giving permission, armed rallies were taken out at various places. The police will take legal action against it,” Anuj Sharma said.
TMC leaders of Purulia district alleged that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) took out an armed Ram Navami procession, where children were seen wielding weapons. However, state VHP president Sachindranath Singha denied the allegation saying, “We had not taken out any armed Ram Navami procession.
Some people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident, Sharma informed.
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Indore (PTI): The classmate of a 24-year-old female MBA student, arrested in Indore for her murder, allegedly abused the body after the killing and also performed occult rituals while on the run, police said.
On February 13, people complained of a foul smell emanating from a closed house in the city's Dwarkapuri police station area.
After police arrived at the scene, the naked body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the house.
The woman was pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from a city college and the body was found in her classmate's rented house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shrikrishna Lalchandani told PTI on Monday.
The classmate fled after the incident. He was taken into custody in Mumbai and is being interrogated after his arrest, the official said.
Referring to the accused's interrogation, the official said he allegedly strangled his classmate to death and then "abused" the body.
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"The accused also performed witchcraft near Panvel (in Navi Mumbai) while on the run. The accused claims that he was mentally disturbed after the murder and wanted to communicate with the woman's spirit through witchcraft," he said.
According to the DCP, the woman and the accused were in a close relationship.
"The accused suspected that she was talking to other men. Enraged, he killed her and fled," the official said.
After the woman's body was found, her father accused the classmate of trying to extort money from his daughter using her obscene photos and then torturing her to death.
The accused had even posted these photos on her college WhatsApp group, he alleged.
