Mamata storms into police station, frees party members

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited a Kolkata police station last evening and forced the release of two of her party workers.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday evening visited a Kolkata police station and forced the release of two of her party workers.

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The two Trinamool Congress members had been arrested for rioting, arson and ransacking the Bhowanipore police station.

Reportedly, the police took action after the Trinamool men, along with a mob of 300, clashed with policemen who had asked them not to burst high-decibel crackers late in the evening outside a cancer institute and a children's hospital.