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A protestation against the caller bulldozer enactment successful Kolkata's Tiljala turned convulsive connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) arsenic demonstrators threw stones astatine constabulary unit successful the Park Circus area, injuring astatine slightest 3 of them and damaging respective vehicles, officials said.
Bulldozers rolled into Kolkata's Tiljala past Wednesday (May 13, 2026) arsenic portion of the West Bengal government's demolition thrust against amerciable structures pursuing the mill occurrence that killed 2 persons.
On Sunday (May 17, 2026), radical gathered adjacent Park Circus Seven Point Crossing to protestation against the demolition and attempted to artifact roads.
As constabulary tried to disperse the "unlawful assembly", a conception of the assemblage allegedly resorted to stone-pelting, triggering chaos successful the area.
Several vehicles parked on the roadside, including those carrying cardinal forces, were vandalised during the violence, constabulary said.
Personnel of the Kolkata Police and those of the cardinal forces were deployed successful spot successful the country pursuing the incident. They conducted way marches and patrolled the adjoining areas to forestall immoderate further escalation and reconstruct normalcy.
The Kolkata Police's Additional Commissioner Ashesh Biswas said enactment had already been initiated against those involved.
"Some radical tried to artifact the road. It was an amerciable gathering. The constabulary were trying to disperse them, and determination was immoderate pelting of stones. Three of our colleagues were injured," Mr. Biswas told reporters.
"We person already arrested a fewer people," helium said.
The serviceman besides said the constabulary acted according to modular operating procedures, and efforts were underway to place each those progressive successful the violence. "There was an onslaught connected the police. We volition spot who is down it and apprehension everyone. Strict ineligible enactment volition beryllium taken," helium added.
Police did not instantly disclose the fig of radical arrested oregon whether immoderate protesters were injured during the clashes.
