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The West Bengal portion of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) took to societal media alleging that a desecrated idol astatine Suryanagar Gram Panchayat successful West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas was enactment successful a situation van by the police.
On Wednesday (October 22, 2025), tensions flared astatine southbound Bengal’s Kakdwip portion implicit the desecration of an idol. Protests erupted instantly aft the idol was discovered broken, with locals blocking the National Highway successful protest.
“Today, the astir disgraceful incidental has taken spot successful West Bengal! The idol of Maa Kali was placed wrong a situation van! This incidental is not lone utterly condemnable but 1 that compels each devotee to bow their caput successful shame,” Union Minister Sukanta Majumder wrote connected X connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025).
Amit Malviya, the accusation and exertion main of the BJP, accused territory constabulary officers of “fleeing the country with hundreds of policemen, taking distant the idol of Maa Kali successful a situation van.”
Many BJP supporters besides joined the online outrage against the desecration and placement of the idol successful a situation van astatine Kakdwip, sharing videos and illustrations of the alleged incident. The veracity of the visuals could not beryllium verified.
“Instead of arresting the culprits, the constabulary turned their unit connected the villagers. This blatant misuse of powerfulness sparked outrage among Hindus, who agreed successful protestation — forcing the medication onto the defensive,” Mr. Malviya said connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025).
A elder constabulary serviceman told The Hindu connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) that “the concern turned communal” and hunt is connected to find the miscreant(s).
“The locals had blocked the National Highway implicit the contented on with the damaged idol and refused to spell up with the immersion. Police persuaded with the agitators for hours to retreat the blockade which was causing superior nationalist ‘inconvenience’ with ambulances carrying patients besides being stuck. When the agitators did not relent and started pelting stones astatine the police, minimum unit was resorted to by the constabulary to disperse the mob. The immersion of the idol was facilitated thereafter,” the West Bengal Police wrote connected societal media.
