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NEW DELHI: The alleged desecration of a Goddess Kali idol triggered outrage successful West Bengal's South 24 Parganas territory connected Wednesday, with the absorption Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led authorities authorities of "shielding" the culprits.The incidental occurred astatine a colony nether the Suryanagar gram panchayat country successful the Kakdwip assembly constituency, wherever locals reportedly recovered the damaged idol wrong a temple, quality bureau PTI reported.The idol was aboriginal taken awayin a situation van, further escalating tensions and fuelling governmental slugfest implicit the incident. BJP leaders shared videos of the idol being removed and accused main curate Mamata Banerjee of “insulting” Hindu sentiments — a complaint the enactment has repeatedly levelled against the Trinamool supremo.Rejecting the allegation, a TMC person accused the BJP of trying to "vitiate the atmosphere.""The BJP is trying to communalise the incidental and vitiate the atmosphere. Let constabulary implicit the probe. We condemn immoderate effort to disturb the harmony successful this area," the leader, a section enactment functionary, stated.Police pass against 'misinformation'Meanwhile, the West Bengal Police issued a statement, saying that "misinformation" was being dispersed astir the incident.
“Efforts are being made from definite quarters to dispersed misinformation astir an incidental successful Kakdwip. Facts are: an idol of Goddess Kali successful a colony temple nether Suryanagar GP was recovered to beryllium damaged this morning. Efforts are connected to place the person/persons down the mischief. Stern enactment volition beryllium taken against those liable for the incident," it posted connected X.The constabulary added that locals had blocked the nationalist road successful protestation and refused to spell up with the immersion. “Police persuaded 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,” it said.The incidental comes up of adjacent year’s West Bengal assembly elections, wherever Mamata Banerjee volition question a 4th consecutive word arsenic main minister.
