BJP’s protest in Kolkata turns into a mayhem

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists demonstrated a protest at Kolkata Police Headquaters to demand the arrest of “corrupt” TMC leaders. In a march which soon turned violent, police personnel used water cannons, tear-gas and batons to disperse the protestors from breaking the barricade. BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, state chief Dilip Ghosh and party Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly were among those detained by the law enforcement officials. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: May 25, 2017 7:37 PM IST

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists demonstrated a protest at Kolkata Police Headquaters to demand the arrest of “corrupt” TMC leaders. In a march which soon turned violent, police personnel used water cannons, tear-gas and batons to disperse the protestors from breaking the barricade. BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, state chief Dilip Ghosh and party Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly were among those detained by the law enforcement officials. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

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Several parts of the city witnessed pitched battles as BJP workers tried to break through barricades, with police using external force to disperse them, two days after similar scenes were witnessed during a Left-sponsored rally. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

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Media covering the agitation were given yellow jackets to wear by the police. A huge police contingent was deployed at different points across the metropolis in view of the BJP’s programme. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

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A view of a street near Lalabazar. A police vehicle was set on fire on B B Ganguly street while some police vehicles were damaged, allegedly by BJP workers, on Central Avenue and Bentinck street. (PTI)

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Police personnel fire water cannons at activists of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) next to the state police headquarters in Kolkata. The saffron party’s workers, led by Ghosh, marched towards the city police headquarters at Lalbazar in the central part of the city, but were stopped by the police on Brabourne road near their destination. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP)

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The BJP activists were heading to the police headquarters to submit a deputation demanding arrest of “corrupt” TMC leaders and over alleged absence of law and order in the city. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

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A policeman charges at activists of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata . (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP)

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Actress-turned politician and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rupa Ganguly clashes with the women police personnel during the protest. (PTI)

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A BJP activist protects himself as he tries to evade a tear gas attack from the police. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

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BJP activists lying on the road after being cane charged by the police. (PTI)