Clashes erupt during Ram Navami procession in Bengal's Murshidabad, security tightened

Tension gripped Jangipur successful West Bengal's Murshidabad territory connected Friday (March 27, 2026) aft clashes broke retired betwixt 2 groups during a Ram Navami procession, constabulary said.

The concern turned volatile aft an altercation during the procession escalated into violence, with some sides throwing stones astatine each different and vandalising spot successful the area, a elder constabulary serviceman said.

Security forces, which were deployed successful ample numbers to bring the concern nether control, person been conducting way marches and maintaining vigil successful the affected areas, helium added.

"The concern is present nether control. Adequate forces person been deployed, and patrolling is ongoing to guarantee bid and normalcy. We are intimately monitoring the concern and volition instrumentality strict enactment against those progressive successful the violence," the constabulary serviceman told PTI.

Meanwhile, authorities person urged residents to support calm arsenic information has been tightened crossed the region, a elder authoritative astatine the State Secretariat said.